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Broxton gets bailed out from blowing a save when a Padre player runs into Casey Blake and is called out for interference, ending the game.

Dodgers win, 4-0. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:^ Hard to picture an elderly Yastrzemski. :sweat:

Looks OK considering he'll be 72 later on this year. :applaud:
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hitomi #1 wrote:Looks OK considering he'll be 72 later on this year. :applaud:

He looks much older than that. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
He looks much older than that. :sweat:

All that Coors didn't help, :drink: surprised there's no beer belly. :naughty:
From the Coors beer site:
Boston Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski was such a big Coors fan that when he loaded up the team plane with multiple cases of Coors for the return trip to the East Coast, some of his teammates jokingly wondered if the plane would be able to successfully take off.

hitomi #1 wrote:All that Coors didn't help, :drink: surprised there's no beer belly. :naughty:

You need to look again, dude.

Unless he's pregnant. :P

Dodgers are in 'Frisco for a three-game series...

If I were a Dodger fan, wouldn't go to any of those games, for fear of reprisals after that opening day incident... Too many nutjobs on the loose. :sweat:

^^ Haven't read it yet, but it's on the front page of USA Today about the Giants fan finally speaking out, didn't the Dodgers just hire an ex-honcho from the NYPD to head their security?
Great effort by Beckett last night :applaud: going 8 shutout innings as the Sox blank the Yanks :twisted: 4-0. Another good game from Pedroia too as he had 8 hits in the series, :mrgreen: they won 4-0 but it should have been at least 10-0, 12 hits and 8 walks but they stranded 16 runners. :doh:

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Haven't read it yet, but it's on the front page of USA Today about the Giants fan finally speaking out, didn't the Dodgers just hire an ex-honcho from the NYPD to head their security?

Yup, they hired William Bratton who was just recently also L.A.'s former chief of police.

As always though, it takes someone to get hurt or killed before they take things seriously. :(

Dodgers beat the Giants, 6-1.

Sox got pummeled by the Rays last night, allowing 20 hits in losing 16-5, Rays had only scored 20 runs in the 9 games coming in. :doh: Every pitcher got rocked, Dice-K again, they tried hard to dump him over the winter with no takers, they need to get him out of the rotation and fast, along with Lackey too, no way could the alternatives be any worse. :shakehead:

hitomi #1 wrote: Dice-K again, they tried hard to dump him over the winter with no takers, they need to get him out of the rotation and fast, along with Lackey too, no way could the alternatives be any worse. :shakehead:

Both have seem to worn out their welcome. :sweat:

Jav_sol wrote:
Both have seem to worn out their welcome. :sweat:

Yeah, least Dice started out okay, last 2+ years though, :sweat: least Lackey can pitch somewhat deep into games, if her gets past the 3rd or 4th inning he seems to settle down, problem is he gets knocked out too often before then. :grumble: Just was looking at the Pawtucket pitching staff, words cannot describe how horrible it is, :shamefulcry: zero prospects, every pitcher is at least 24 years old, just a bunch of retreads to fill up the roster. :bleh:

Sox taste defeat again tonight at the hands of the Rays as they lose 3-2, now with the worst record in MLB. :shamefulcry: Not a great game but solid at least from Lester, 3 runs in 7 innings but the bats couldn't produce again, Crawford is really stuggling, along with Youk, Ellsbury and Varitek, all batting below .200. :doh:

Dodgers lose to the Giants, 5-4. :(

Rubber game today.

Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice

SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice Wednesday but a jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts that the home run king lied to a grand jury when he denied knowingly using steroids and human growth hormone.

The verdict, following a 12-day trial and almost four full days of deliberation, was a messy end to a case that put the slugger in the spotlight for more than three years.

Bonds sat stone-faced through the verdict, displaying no emotion. His legal team immediately asked that the guilty verdict be thrown out and U.S. District Judge Susan Illston did not rule on the request. She set May 20 for a hearing in the case.

The case also represented the culmination of the federal investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroids ring. Federal prosecutors and the Justice Department will have to decide whether to retry Bonds on the unresolved counts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bbo_bonds_trial

Meanwhile, Toronto beat Seattle 8-3, Rzepczynski gets his first win of the season!! :woot:

^^ Was going to post that, figured it would make your day! :hehe:
Meanwhile Sox pitchers had their best game of the year allowing no runs to be scored today, :woot: off tomorrow and then the Rzepczynski led Jays come into town.

Dodger pitching falters again and they lose to the Giants, 4-3. :(

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Was going to post that, figured it would make your day! :hehe:

The road to the Cy Young starts now!! :victory:

And speaking of first wins, Hisanori Takahashi gets his first win as an Angel. Halos beat the Tribe 4-3 in 12 innings.

Cardinals rout the Dodgers, 9-5. :(