Between the whole sack o’ suck that was last night’s game, picking up some reliever from the Rangers they didn’t want anyway (whoo hoo!), David Wells pitching tonight WITHOUT a rehab start, the Skanks picking up a pitcher AND Bobby Abreu (to be fair, he has not been very good this year), Trot is hurt, […]

Can I just tell you how worried I was that we were going to be in 2nd place today?
With only a 1/2 game separating us from the Skanks, I had visions losing again, and they again pummeling the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (or the Satan Fish as I have heard them called…) and then having […]

And complete and utter HELL breaks loose….and because the Skanks pummeled the Devil Rays, a mere 1/2 game separates us from total destruction (or at least 2nd place…)
Some random thoughts:
John Lester gets his 1st loss in 10 starts, so now his record stands at 5-1, 2nd start where he gave up 5 runs…hopefully not the […]

OK, now let me get this straight…Dan Haren, who hasn’t has a win in SIX WEEKS, and is the proud owner of a 7-9 record..actually held the Red Sox to four hits…FOUR HITS…
There is only so many times I can have this crap erased from my mind before there is damage..I KNOW it…
Since I absolutely […]

I love it when it’s a laugher–and we are doing the laughing! It was great to see Trot hit the homerun in the 3rd, he has been slumping so badly…hopefully this will be the momentum he needs to snap out of it…
Curt Schilling and Josh Beckett have this “thing” where each of them challenge each […]

Have I mentioned how much I HATE West Coast games? Holy Buckets! it sucks having to get up at the ass-crack of dawn only to find out your team was pummeled the night before–crappy news to process before I get my
coffee…Fortunately, we got to do the pummeling of the elephants last night….
Some random thoughts…
Kason seems […]

After last nights Home Run Derby, and in honor of Kason Gabbard’s major league debut today at 4:05 (vs Feliz Hernandez), we are going to count down the 9 weirdest/goofiest names in baseball…here we go…
9. Tie: Mark Grudzielanek (2B, Royals), Doug Mientkiewicz (1B, Royals) and Jason Isringhausen (P, Cardinals): I bet all 3 of […]

Dodger 3rd baseman Bill Mueller, who has been on the DL since May 12 with right knee issues (again) has said doctors have ruled out all known procedures to repair the deteriorating condition in his right knee.
“We don’t know what’s left,” said Mueller, who is done for the season and quite possibly his career. […]

Despite going 3 for 5 yesterday, Mark Loretta made not one, but TWO base running errors, one where he pulled a vintage Jason Giambi (got tagged at home because he didn’t slide) and one because he was picked off 2nd base by a catcher who was paying attention.
Wily Mo Pena went 2-for-3 with a […]

And the sweep is complete!
A decidedly better game for Beckett than the 15-3 debacle of last week: 8 innings, 4 hits, 7 strikeouts, 0 walks, and 2 HBP…all of this with 110 pitches (78 for strikes.) Great way for him to celebrate his brand new 3-year contract, which also includes both a club option for […]