Wednesday, May 16, 2012

SHORT - BUT NOT SO SWEET

## Juror #2 in the Roger Clemens trial, has been ejected for sleeping. Where's Franklin and Bash when you need them?

## Another beanball outing. Met pitcher, DJ Carrassco, hit the Brewers Ryan Braun and Mets manager, Terry Collins, pulled his best player, David Wright, before the Brewers retaliated. David Wright was not happy about it, but Collins refused to back down. I don't know what good that will do. The two teams will play again this year, and if teams will hold grudges over the winter, this incident will not fade from memory.

## Blue Jay Brett Lawrie is about to be suspended for hitting an umpire with his helmet. After home plate umpire, Bill Miller, blew two straight calls, calling Lawrie out on strikes, Lawrie threw his helmet down which bounced up and brushed Miller. That's not a good thing.  The Blue Jays should sign somebody with better aim. As Miller left the field, a fan, who had better aim, hit him with a cup of beer. 
The fan got away.

##  During the Seattle-Boston game, the Mariners put an extreme shift on against left-handed hitter, David Ortiz. Ortiz promptly bunted down the third base line and was across first base before anyone even reached the ball.  Let me say that again: ORTIZ BUNTED THE BALL TOWARDS THIRD.
Do you think there's a chance that Mark Teixeira may have heard about this?  NAH!!

## David Robertson is now also on the DL. In the meantime, Rafael Soriano is rubbing a rabbit's foot, throwing salt over his shoulder and lighting votive candles.  So is Girardi.

## The Angels have fired their hitting coach, Mickey Hatcher. He deserved it:  He hasn't gotten a hit all year.

***THEY SAID IT***
"Josh Hamilton set an all-time AL single-game mark with 18 total bases—four homers and a double. The last guy to get past first base that often in one night was Tiger Woods."  -- RJ Currie
"Chipper Jones, 40, is mad at Jamie Moyer, 49, for accusing him of stealing signs. I guess this episode is baseball's version of Grumpy Old Men."  -- Janice Hough
"A family in La Puente, Calif., woke up to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool Sunday morning. Officials said it was the wildest drive since the last time Charles Barkley picked up a golf club."  -- Dwight Perry
"The Washington Nationals are serving an 8-pound burger that costs $59. It's designed to feed eight adults or two 9-year-olds."  -- Brad Dickson

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