** Cashman is getting a lot of credit for the depth of the Yankee squad, but how about a couple of cheers for the scouting department, who are really the heroes of this team.
** Manny Machado hustled himself into a surprise double last night. Nice to see a "big star" running hard out of the box. However, he did it leading off in the 9th inning with his team down three runs and he just squeaked in. His run meant nothing in the long run, his team needed baserunners. Why take such a big chance? It wasn't necessary, it was just foolhardy. All he was doing was building his personal stats.
** Kevin Kiermaier, Tampa Bay's centerfielder, made another great catch last night. This guy may be the best fielding centerfielder in the game. Annie-O likes him, too. "And he's so dreamy. Look at those eyes." I'll never mention him in the blog again.
** What's with the Minnesota Twins? They have the best record in baseball, scored the most runs and on a pace to hit 320 home runs. I like their stadium, too.
** The sporting world lost a real gentleman this week. Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr died at age 85. He was considered to be the best playoff quarterback in history, winning 90% of his games. He was also the MVP of two Super Bowls.
My favorite Bart Starr story:
Bart came home after practice one day in a bad mood. This normally soft-spoken gentleman yelled at the kids, complained about dinner, and generally gave his wife Cherry a hard time, all the time complaining about how much he had to do. "What have you got to do," asked Cherry? "I've got to go to this ceremony tonight," he said. "What for?" "I'm getting a Nice Guy Award." "You're kidding," she said.
** I mentioned in my previous blog about Cody Bellinger, Dodger right fielder, being one of the best hitters in the game. I never mentioned that he's also a great fielder with a rifle for an arm. He threw out two guys last night, one at home and one at third. A true five-star player.
***THEY SAID IT***
"Well, at least SF Giants held Diamondbacks last night under three touchdowns." -- Janice Hough (Final score 18-2)
" Khloe Kardashian and the Lakers Lamar Odom got married last weekend after dating just one month. I'm not saying people think the marriage will end quickly, but most of the wedding guests threw Minute Rice." -- RJ Currie
"If the Indy 500 was held in Omaha there'd be potholes on the track." -- Brad Dickson
"Yankee Gleyber Torres has already hit his tenth home run this year against the Orioles. The Orioles say if he keeps this up, they are going to start pitching to him overhand." -- Jim Barach
"Alex Rodriguez’s lawyers are threatening legal action after a
prying photographer — apparently from an adjacent high rise — snapped a
shot of him in his New York luxury suite sitting on the toilet. A-Rod, never one to miss a marketing ploy, has already secured the hashtag #SultanOfSquat." -- Dwight Perry
"Saturday being Cano bobblehead day — a sweet way to salute Cano’s career contributions to the Mets — patrons are encouraged to walk slowly to the entry gates as only those who arrive late will receive the trinket." -- Phil Mushnick
"Dr. Robert Fowler, co-author of a study on swine flu, advised that symptoms like fatigue, loss of appetite or vomiting may mean you've been exposed to the virus. Or N.Y. Knicks games." -- RJ Currie
"Dick Vitale says he wants to keep broadcasting college basketball on TV until he’s 100. When he’ll be The Diaper Dandy." -- Dwight Perry
"Mets just-departed part-time outfielder Keon Broxton, a good-field .216 career hitter who’d struck out 314 times in 750 MLB at-bats. Broxton after K-ing 22 times in 49 at-bats and hitting .143 for the Mets, complained he wasn't given the chance to show what he could do. Seriously." -- Phil Mushnick
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