Monday, April 11, 2011

BOSTON FIGHTS BACK

Well, we knew they weren't going to go 1-161, even though that would have been nice. Beckett looked like the Beckett of old, but other than Pedroia, the Beantown offense did not look good. Sabathia had nothing, but the Sox kept him in the game until the 6th inning.

2nd base umpire Mark Wegner actually upheld one of the actual baseball rules last night. What was he thinking? Okay, Youkilis did break the rule by sliding outside the baseline, but why call it now? I think they invoke some normally uncalled violations once a year, just to establish that they exist. So take heed players, slide to your heart's content. No umpire will make that call the rest of the year.

I hate to say it ('cause I have to live with Annie-O) but Jeter looks more and more like he's over the hill. He looks helpless at the plate and he has very little range in the field. Not a good thing.

The worst job in baseball has to be hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox. Look at the stances of Youkilis and Carl Crawford. Dave Magadan had to take one look and say, "Where did you find these guys?" Willie Mays used to hit with one finger off the bat; Youkilis hits with one finger ON the bat. Crawford looks like he has taken the first step towards first base. [It's interesting that when I googled 'Red Sox coaching staff', one of the three choices was 'Boston coaching staff 1975" What the hell was so special about 1975?]

Dwight Perry says that the Tampa Bay Rays have cancelled 'Manny Ramirez Bobblehead day' for obvious reasons. It's a shame they had to cancel the event for the person from whom 'Bobblehead' got it's name.

A loyal reader writes that she misses the comedy team...er, announcing team of Miller & Morgan. They didn't set the bar very high, but McDonough, Valentine and Hershiser managed to get under it. After listening to Hershiser, I felt they should either wake him up or me. Valentine thought everything he said was funny (it wasn't) and McDonough obviously graduated from the Columbia School Of Boredom. ...with honors.

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