Game 7 Preview: The march towards .500

Our first rubbergame of the season comes against our venomous rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Anthony Bass gets the start today in place of one of the billion starters that we've recently had injured. This is pretty much exactly the sort of thing that Anthony Bass was waiting on this season. If you'll remember with me, he started a few games towards the end of last season after Tim Stauffer went down to surgery and now that Tim Stauffer is among the billion starters we've recently had injured, it only makes sense for Bass to come in and do more of the same as he did in 2011.

The Diamondbacks send out Ian Kennedy. If it were any month besides April, logic might tell me things I don't want to know about Ian Kennedy against the Padres. Since I root blindly this month, Ian Kennedy is nothing more than a minor bump in the way of our March Towards .500!

ONWARD .500! ONWARD AND UPWARD! THIS GINGER HAS NO SOUL! FEAR NOT THE RED HAIR!

Anthony Bass

#45 / Pitcher / San Diego Padres

Height: 6-2

Weight: 190

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Nov 01, 1987

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