As you may have noticed by our relative silence regarding him, Joe Kelly hasn’t pitched in a little while.
There’s a reason for that.
The issue that was termed a “lower-body” matter earlier in the month seems to still be affecting our hero, as yesterday, Dave Roberts, per the Los Angeles Times, shared Kelly will be unavailable until tomorrow at the earliest, deeming it an “overall body situation.” Roberts clarified that Kelly is expected to pitch in the playoffs, saying, “The expectation is he’ll be ready to go once the bell rings. And before that too.”
It’s possible Joe Kelly’s a little banged up. We’ve all been there, and I’m guessing none of us have dealt with 162 games of hurling spheres of yarn and hide one hundred miles per hour. It’s also possible his body’s fatigued. It could even be that he’s sick.
Whatever the case, you, a regular reader of these posts, have subconsciously sworn your allegiance to the right-hander, which means he and the rest of us are relying on you. We need your positive energy right now. We need your faith. We need your confidence. Together, as Joe Kelly Nation™, it’s on us to make sure The Universe knows it’s about to be October, and in Joe Kelly-Land, that means strikeouts. Do whatever rituals you must. Send whatever healing forces you can muster. You’ve prepared yourself for this—now it’s time to prepare literally everything else.
Remember:
We have no king but Kelly.
