Corriendo beisbol estring numero seis (because 46 pages on No. 5 was enough ...)

Love that Phils bullpen.

Fucking. LOVE. It.

 

No mention of Morneau's three homers? Garza's six scoreless with six K's?

Ozzie Guillen is not long for this job, BTW

 

Happens every year about this time.

Phils are dead to me

 

Zeke, is Garza staying up or heading backk to Triple A. And if he stays, which I assume he will, how many might he win?

 

the original plan was to have him pitch out of the pen and in long relief but with slowey's demotion on thursday the logical move is to give him a spot in the rotation.

 

He's going to stay up, casty.

Hell, the only reason he's stayed down is that he publicly disagreed with the organization's decision not to take him with the big club in the first place.

He's got filthy stuff and if the Twins hit for him, he should win 8-10 games.

And once more, here's what you're looking at next season:

Santana, Liriano, Bonser, Garza, Baker. Potential to be scary-good.

 

The M's are a curious team. More lives than a sackful of cats. Everyone writes Vidro off, and he hits a crucial double in the crack against Haren.

I guess Sexson will play today with his gimpy ankle and hand, and drive a couple out, meanwhile not striking out on any sliders down and away. Equally counter-logical.

 

Overachievers, but at this point, the second part of that is indisputable. They stop Haren's 10-game winning streak, Beltre is starting to hit like it's the second half, Weaver is writing the preamble to an in-season comeback POY, the bullpen remains the A.L.'s best.

JJ -- Would the M's move Jones for a legit starter? Should they?

I won't get giddy until mid-September, but so far, so good (and so shocking, considering the shaky starting pitching and the black hole that is Sexson in the middle of the lineup).

M's are a No. 2 starter away from making serious noise all year, methinks.

P.S. Imagine the bullpen if Bavasi hadn't shipped Soriano for Ramirez? (worst...trade...ever)

/m'sfanboylooser

P.S.S. MASSIVE series at home vs. Detroit looms after the break

 

Mike Redmond will start behind the plate today and hit third.

That's one tough son of a bitch. The Wild should see if he can skate...

 

McCarver pronounces diabetes the same way Wilford Brimley does.

 

Looking at the Braves' lineup today ... it's just amazing ... this team would win the East and make a great NLCS with the Dodgers or Padres with one more quality starter. We all know Smoltz will be there down the stretch if his arm is still connected to his body. Hudson is solid, and James is OK (at best). But after that ... yuck.

There are no excuses. The Braves have good young position players coming out of their ears. MAKE A TRADE! NOW!

EDIT: We'll see what Jo-Jo Reyes has in his debut today. He's facing one of the worst offenses in baseball. That should help.

 

Scott Brosius just announced the Yankees lineup on Fox and I have a question for Scott: Who is Miguel Cabrera and when did he start playing centerfield for the Yankees?

Also, who are the announcers on Fox today? The color commentator is annoying me already.