~Josh Beckett left the game yesterday because of a skin tear on his pitching hand. And to the normal person this sounds like a pretty weak reason to exit a game, but for Josh Beckett, a kid with a massive history of blister problems, it was a smart move to get him out of the game asap. I think he should dial up Moises or Jorge in the offseason and talk to them about their method of keeping their hands tough throughout the season... Urinate on them.~The Red Sox did stage a massive comeback in the 9th inning yesterday to pull out a victory, which was capped when I saw my buddy last night who went, so I went to the Sox game today, and I left after the 8th. Whoops.
~The Yanks continue to suck, and couldn't score runs yesterday off friggin Horacio Ramirez. You're kidding me right? And let the Yankees brutality begin, here is their upcoming schedule... 3 at ChiSox, 3 at Mets, 3 vs. Boston, 3 vs. Angels, 3 at Toronto, 3 at Boston, 4 at ChiSox... So the Yanks need to get it in gear this month or they could find themselves 15 games out come mid June.
~The A's traded for super minor leaguer Jack Cust a little over a week ago, and the guy has 6 homers in 26 at bats including a walk off home run yesterday against Injuns.
~Larry Jones came out and complained about how his Braves team is forced to face the Red Sox every year in interleague play while the Marlins get to saddle up against the D-Rays. He's in favor of interleague play, but thinks the schedule should be changed to an even format. Guess what Larry, it's never going to happen, so get over it. There's no way the Commish is going to sign off to an interleague system that doesn't have the Yanks vs. Mets, Cubs Chi Sox, A's Gigantes etc. That's the point of interleague play to get those matchups. So while it may not be 'fair' it's 6 total games in a 162 game season, its not a big deal.~So after Henry Owens went on the DL there were rumors Jorge Julio was going to get the closers job back, then he gives up a granny on saturday, and well I guess not. He was traded to Colorado yesterday in exchange for BK Kim. What the heck are the Marlins gonna do with BK?
~Talk about friggin weird the Pakistani cricket coach that was supposedly strangled to death in his hotel room following a loss to Ireland is now being reported to have died via Natural causes. Scotland Yard officials examined the remains and concluded that heart failure and not strangulation was the cause of death. And the plot thickens, I can't imagine that this will take much more than a year to be a made for TV movie in the UK/Australia.
~Lefty won another tournament woo. Amount of time I spent watching the TPC this weekend? Zero Seconds, so I offer zero analysis other than seeing the highlights of O'hare dumping it in the drink twice on 17. And my response is he had to go for the pin there, you have to try to win the tournament at the end of the day, no one ever will remember the fact you finished second at the TPC.
~Brett Favre whining is very humurous, Brett even if you got Randy Moss the Packers wouldn't be very good this season, you are coming back to a team that at best will go 9-7, you have zero chance of winning the superbowl with them, so relax and enjoy breaking some more of Marino's record this year, and probably next year. But stop acting like you are going to get another ring. You aren't. ~Oh and he demanded a trade for a few minutes. Brett how were you not a free agent? Did you have to sign with the Packers?
~In NBA news, Bowen apparently kneed Nash in the groin, I havent seen the video yet. Two series are at 3-1 and effectively over with the Jazz and Pistons most likely shutting the door at home in their next games. And the Nets and Suns have must wins down 2-1 in their next games. If these teams lose then they are also effectively done.
~Doc Rivers was extended and this comes at no surprise to me. Doc did a fantastic job of pulling the plug on the Celtics season in the quest for Oden/Durant. He made up the Al Jefferson knee injury in the last few weeks to help them lose to the Bucks twice, he played Bassy a bunch down the stretch of close games, and was instrumental in benching good players at the start of the 4th quarter of games to lose big leads and the games. The Danny Doc duo is az package deal, the Celtics owner will need to cut the head off (danny) and the body will fall. Until that happens both are here to stay for awhile, unfortunately.
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