Dempstered!

Ryan, in better trim.

Ryan Dempster does a pretty good impression of the late comedian, Chris Farley.  If you've never seen it, google it, and check it out.

Ryan Dempster used to do a pretty good impression of a MLB pitcher too, but this season has gone from bad to horrific after tonight's performance.

Dempster had a miserable night in Arizona, but at least it was short.  In the bottom of the first inning, Diamondback hitters did the following:

C. Young doubled to left

K. Johnson walked

J. Upton hit by pitch, C. Young to third, K. Johnson to second

S. Drew homered to deep right center, C. Young, K. Johnson and J. Upton scored (4-0)

M. Montero grounded out to first (this was the outlier)

M. Mora walked

R. Branyan walked, M. Mora to second

G. Parra walked, M. Mora to third, R. Branyan to second

B. Enright singled to right center, M. Mora scored, R. Branyan to third, G. Parra to second (5-0)

C. Young singled to left, R. Branyan and G. Parra scored, B. Enright to second (7-0)

J. Berg relieved R. Dempster (and in Chicago, there was great rejoicing!) For those of you keeping score at home, Dempster turned in an ERA of 189.00, with 7 earned runs in one-third of an inning, throwing 40 pitches.  It's not often we see a pitching line this bad, and for the rest of the season, I will be calling this type of performanace by a pitcher being "dempstered."