The two magic numbers of the day….11 more games to go, and the number of homers Big Papi is sitting at–and everyone is all worked up about 1 more….but that would only TIE him–he actually needs TWO more to surpass Jimmie Foxx for the club record…and unfortunately, he did not fare so well last night, [...]

I know, I know, it means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things…But to RSN, it means a TON…to wit:
They did not clinch while we were in the house! They now have to go on the road, and celebrate in one of 2 baseball hotbeds–Toronto, or Tampa Bay…
Yeah, sure, they are TRUE fans: While [...]

But NOT TODAY!!! Yeah!
Congrats to Big Papi on #49 (WHY are people still even pitching to him??)
Special thanks to Ron Villone for the 4-run 7th inning…
Coming up: Kevin Jarvis vs Mike Mussina, 8:05pm–Anyone want to bet Joe Morgan will have his pinstriped suit on?

…To not getting swept–and not allowing a clinch when we are in their house… Only need one more win for that to happen…
Not that this is any great revelation, or even anything new, but there is NO difference to watching a game on FOX or YES… If there is, I’m not seeing it…The commentation [...]

A little background: About 20 minutes from my house is the Lackawanna County Stadium, where the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons (Phillies AAA affiliate) live…It has been common knowledge around these parts for a number of years that the Phillies organization has not been happy here, for a variety of reasons. It was also common knowledge [...]

We actually won this game on the play that I always see done, but never really seems to work…Mike Timlin intentionally walked Miguel Tejada and then got Ramon Hernandez to GIDP. And it’s a good thing he did: Melvin Mora was the tying run at third…
Schilling threw his simulated game yesterday and will probably start [...]

You always know when Tim Wakefield is pitching–99% of the time he will pitch well enough for the win (5 IP 10H 4R 3 ER 2 BB 2 SO), throwing 78 pitches, 52 for strikes…but doesn’t get enough run support to actually GET the win…(2 hits, 0 runs) Although he felt fine when he [...]

At least Mike Timlin had the good graces not to start that “I threw the ball exceptionally well..” Cat Sh*t with regard to his uber-sack of awfulness and YUCK last night…”I wasn’t real happy with the way I threw,” said Timlin, . “I didn’t throw real well, I hit my spots 30 percent of the [...]

While I am glad we won, and that the bats seemed to have come alive again, and Big Papi’s homer, I just keep going back to THIS awful stat: we are 23 and 24 since the all-star break–the SAME RECORD AS THE ROYALS…
And that depresses the HELL out of me…..
And looking ahead to 4 games [...]

Because Q, Denton, et al say it far better than I can…
America the Beautiful…Land that I love..
Be well…