Here, you take it

If there's anything worse for a pitcher than sucking, it's not wanting the ball.
After mysteriously taking himself out of a start early for the third time this year, this time in the middle of a one-hitter, it looks like that may be the case with Carlos Silva.
He was cruising against Tampa Bay, needing just 59 pitches to get through six innings, when he refused to go out for the 7th because of a stomach ache.
Silva didnt seem to think it was a big deal, citing the Twins strong bullpen. But that just makes it sound like he wanted to pass the buck onto someone else in a 1-0 game. I doubt that he would've asked out if the score had been 9-0.
It was clear from the post-game comments of Gardy and Rick Anderson (Andy in particular) that the team felt betrayed by Silva's bail-out move.
Wednesday's strong start notwithstanding, it's been a miserable year for Silva, and the fact that he's becoming something of a head case makes it seem very possible, maybe even likely, that the Twins will look to trade him this off-season.
They've already traded Kyle Lohse, and Brad Radke is probably going to retire, so it might seem risky to trade yet 200-inning guy.
But the emergence of Boof Bonser, not to mention the raw talent that's evident in Matt Garza, Scott Baker and others, makes Silva more than expendable.
The Twins won 2 of 3 from Tampa, and considering they'd beat them 14 times in a row, they were probably due for a loss. But its still a tough loss. Detroit comes to town now, and we're not exactly throwing a bunch of aces at them.
*Good news, though. Liriano will be back. Perhaps as early as Sept. 14.
*Bert Blyleven has been suspended an additional 3 games by the Twins for saying fuck twice on Sunday. (I insist on writing out 'fuck' since every newspaper in America apparently thinks that we're all a bunch of kindergartners.) The additional suspension means that Bert will not be fired.
And I'm glad. As much as I hate his goddamn telestrator, I like Bert.