That Fab Four or whatever they may call themselves are looking really good for the Phils, their last 4 starts 32 innings, 4 runs, 4 wins and the last 2 have been CGs by Halladay and Lee, who pitched a 99 pitch SO last night, gonna be real tough to beat them especially if Utley comes back healthy. :sweat:
Meanwhile the Sox signed Adrian Gonzalez to a 7 year $154M extension today, shame he can't pitch. :nut:
bmwracer wrote:
Maybe he can... He can't do any worse than the current rotation, huh? :beaten:
He certainly couldn't, actually be cheaper for them to start their batting practice pitchers, seems as though the current starters are auditioning for their jobs. :twisted:
Nice comeback by the Sox tonight came up just a tad short as their record falls to 2-10(!) as they lose to the Jays 7-6. :shamefulcry: Not a good outing again by Buchholz in only going 5 innings but it was the bullpen which gave up 4 runs which was their downfall. Yanks :twisted: lost tonight though so the deficit is at 5 games, Yanks lost to the Rangers who are looking better than they did last year, Rockies also seem to have a good club, finally have some good starters as they join the Rangers in being the only teams with double digit victories.
hitomi #1 wrote: Rockies also seem to have a good club, finally have some good starters as they join the Rangers in being the only teams with double digit victories.
I dunno about the Rox just yet. Luck of the schedule, they have yet to play a team with a winning record. They just came off an 8 game road trip, 4 against the Pirates and 4 against the Mets where they went 7-1. I've always liked Jim Tracy and think the Dodgers made a huge mistake when they fired him, but let's see how they do once they start playing some good teams.
Speaking of double digits, Mariners lost again last night joining the Red Sox with 10 losses. At what point does Ichiro say, "I'm tired of all this losing, I'd like to play in a World Series someday, I want out of here."
^^ Think what hurts him and others in his salary range is how much he makes, he's making $18M this year and for a few more years, awful hard to trade him because there's only a handful of clubs that can afford him and it doesn't appear as though their looking to add that kind of salary unless the Mariners pay a high % of it. :shakehead: Actually seems like the best fit would be with the Phils, :sweat: they certainly don't mind paying these days and every game is more than sold out unless the 'luxury tax' scares them off, it did with the Yanks :twisted: this past winter.
Yay, finally another win for the good guys as Beckett pitched another gem as the Sox knock off the Rays 4-1. Beckett's gone 15 innings his last 2 starts allowing only one, key is he's only walked 3 men in that stretch. :applaud: Rangers are in a 3 way tie for the best record in the AL along with...the Royals and Indians(?), we'll see how long that lasts. :sweat:
First 2 game winning streak of the year as the Sox blast the Jays 8-1. Another good outing for Lester who's pitched well 3 out of his 4 starts, big guns were quiet today as the bottom of the order did most of the damage. :bow: Crawford made a return to the lineup after a one game benching but it still didn't help him as he went 0-4 dropping his average to .127, :doh: hopefully the upcoming road trip will do him some good.
Trying to figure that one out, did you mean PAS....Potential All Star? :headscratch:
Yanks :usuck: playing the Sunday night game right now agaonst the Rangers, why they have these night games in the middle of April in the NE is just :twisted: , quite cold down in the Bronx tonight, wouldn't it make more sense to play it in Texas this time of year? :shakehead: Yanks can't hit for average this year but hit a lot of HRs, 3 more so far tonight including another one by Martin.
Actually the idiot manager of the day award has to go to LaRussa.
Ethier led off the bottom of the 9th with a double. Next up is Matt Kemp, who's only hitting .441. After him in the lineup are Juan Uribe (.154), James Loney (.150) and Rod Barajas (.188). I understand not wanting to put the winning run on base, but really, anybody with a baseball IQ higher than a doorknob says, "Walk Kemp 'cause there's no way the next three guys are going to do anything."
So, they pitched to the one guy that could beat them. And he did. :victory:
^^ He's always been an overrated manager, sure he's won a lot of games and 2 World Series but with the talent he's had in his 30 years of mangaging, probably more than any other manager, should have won so many more WS. :doh:
Sox have their first winning streak of the season, three games. :beaten:
Daisuke bounced back with a good performance. Only allowed one hit and very economical with his pitch count, especially in the latter innings. Unlike last outing where everything was over the plate, this time he was hitting the corners. He is really a different pitcher with five days of rest.
Offense is slowing picking up.
Jacoby is leading the team in HRs & Jed Lowrie is hitting everything. :shocked:
^^ Yeah, Lowrie is certainly hot, he's always been solid but too injury prone, even Crawford had a hit today, :applaud: don't know what his average was, but had read an article about him after the Sox signed him that at Fenway he had his lowest average of all the parks he's played in, not that he needs help but wouldn't you think hitting there would actually help him? :nut: