More excellent,  accurate depiction of baseball by baseball reporters.  Consider as you read the following that in his last start against these San Diego Padres,  Dempster gave up 10 hits and 10 earned runs in 4 innings,  but that wasn’t “solving” Dempster,  since their team’s own pitching surrendered 15 runs to the Reds,  thus saving Dempster a disgraceful loss. 

“CINCINNATI (Ticker) — The San Diego Padres will have to wait until next year to try and solve Ryan Dempster. Dempster relinquished just four hits in six innings and remained undefeated in his career against the Padres as the Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 9-0 victory“

But hey,  baseball fans have absolutley no memory,  and these inane stats can be thrust into headlines ……..oh well.  Dempster did do the job today,  for really the first time  (his other non-disasterous start was a 7 inning, 9 hit, 4 run win,  to go with his 4 dreadful ones.   But he put his worst and then his best back to back.  Go Ryan!