Thursday, September 02, 2010

RIDING HIGH

***YANKS SWEEP THE A'S***
...Dallas Braden notwithstanding. He actually pitched pretty well, but pretty good won't do, when CC Sabathia is outstanding. Not only did he give up just one hit, he kept the A's from getting a ball out of the infield for 6 innings. That was amazing. CC's gem and three more home runs meant a four game sweep and a 9-1 record against the A's for the season.
Swisher had to leave with a sore knee and the Yanks say he's day-to-day.
Back to playing a Major League team tomorrow; the Blue Jays are always trouble.

We noticed a lot of empty seats, today. So did Michael Kay. He wondered if it was the holiday weekend that was responsible or maybe the crowd was just late in showing up. And it was a lot of the "cheap" seats that were empty, too. You know, the ones UNDER a $1000.

***THE MILTON BRADLEY WANNABEE UPDATE***
Last week in Philadelphia, Nyjer Morgan, of the Washington Nationals, was suspended for 7 games (being appealed) for throwing a ball into the stands and hitting a fan in the head. Now he and the Marlins are going at it. Two days ago, he ran over the Marlins catcher trying to score. The catcher ended up with a separated shoulder. Last night, with the Marlins ahead 14-3, the Marlin pitcher hit Morgan in the side. Okay, that's baseball and everyone accepted it. Morgan, however, had other ideas. He decided to retaliate by promptly stealing 2nd. Two pitches later, he stole third. Then tagged up and scored on a short pop up in right-center. The Marlins thought this was "showing them up," and in the next at bat, threw behind Morgan. Nyjer charged the mound and the brawl was on. Pretty good fight, too. So, apparently this is another "unwritten rule," of which baseball has way too many. You don't want him to steal, throw him out. ...and stop with this "showing us up" business.
My only thought was that the Marlins were wrong in complaining that Morgan showed no respect by trying to steal when his team was behind 11 runs. Just because you're behind doesn't mean you stop trying to score. You never can tell how a game is going to turn out. Last week, the Rockies came from 9 runs down to win the game. The final score of the Nationals-Marlins game was 16-10.

***ARE THE RANGERS NERVOUS ABOUT CLIFF LEE?***
He sure hasn't been the Cliff Lee they thought they were getting. He's 2-5 with a 4.69 ERA since coming to Texas. Some say it's the Texas heat and now Lee has admitted that his back is bothering him. I don't think any of this will keep the Yanks from making a big push for him this winter. Is that where he'll end up? One baseball man thinks it's a sure thing, indicating that it's all about the money. "He'd play in Siberia if there were enough Rubles on the table."

***AND THIS FROM JAY LENO***
"The divorce trial began today of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his wife Jamie. … It's an ugly divorce. On the bright side, the one thing they won't have to fight over: World Series tickets."

CP-

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