Ouch

This game hurt.
The Cardinals lost 13 - 8 in 3 hours and 18 minutes.
The Diamondbacks scored their 13 runs in each of the first 6 innings.
The Cardinals scored their 8 runs in four of the first 6 innings.
Going into the bottom of the seventh inning 299 pitches had been thrown. During the 2011 season, the average number of pitches thrown in a major league game was 292. At the completion of this abomination, there were a total of 346 pitches.
It is so important to focus on each and every pitch during a game that games such as the one tonight can really wear every member of the TV crew down. Even though it is early in the season games such as this one can really "fry" a director. I was wiped out by the end of the telecast.
Not only was the game poorly pitched but there were also two long delays during the game. In the bottom of the third inning the Diamondbacks manager was ejected after a lengthy argument with the home plate umpire.
During the bottom of the seventh inning, the Cardinals pitcher suffered a pulled groin after a pitch and the new pitcher was allowed all the time in the world to warm up.
And believe me he used it.
Trust me, I love the game of baseball.
I am the luckiest guy in the world being a TV baseball director.
I look forward to going to the ballpark everyday to cover the game.
Sometimes the game can invigorate you so that the adrenaline doesn't wear off for hours after a telecast and sometimes the game can "wear you out".
Tonight was one of those contests.
Ouch.