WHEN DID LARRY LUCCHINO BUY FOX NETWORK?

***YANKS 14 RED SOX 3***
I wanted to post the score right away, because if you just listened to Frick & Frack on TV without watching, you'd swear the Sox won. McCarver couldn't send any praise the Yanks way.
"No way did Beckett try to hit anybody intentionally Friday night." R-i-i-i-ght. He's down 6 runs, knocking guys down left and right and turning away with a little smirk on his face. But, according to McCarver, CC Sabathia DEFINITELY hit Pedroia in retaliation. Let's see: clinging to a scant one-run lead, third inning, and he puts Pedroia on. Yeah, let's help them start a rally, so when Martinez hits a go-ahead homer, Tiny-brain Tim can say the Yanks paid for trying to retaliate. Are we absolutely sure this guy played major league baseball? When he slipped up and started to praise Gardner, Joe Buck quickly stepped in and changed the subject to Austin Jackson, hinting that the Yanks were wrong in trading him.
Teixeira hits three homers, Cervelli's so hot, you need a fire hose to cool him off. If Randy Winn doesn't get nailed at third and at home, the Yanks might have scored 20 runs. The Yanks bullpen shut down the Sox again.
By the way, Tim, the Yanks won the game.

***FROM DWIGHT PERRY***
What could be better than playing slowpitch softball this summer — and getting paid $10 million to boot?
Eric Byrnes, still collecting his guaranteed salary after getting released by the Mariners last week, is about to find out, having joined a beer-league team in Menlo Park, Calif.
"This is going to be a blast," the free-spirited Byrnes told MLB.com. "Playing with my buddies. I can't wait for my first hit.
"I'm going to ask for the ball."
Well, Eric, if you had hit for the Mariners, they might have asked for the ball.

The Mariners have scored three runs for Dwight Perry tonight, unfortunately, so have the Angels.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE LADY READERS.

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