Hawpe's been smashing the way I have hoped wen they signed him. It's 10-7 Rox in the bottom of the 8th right now. These guys are scoring left and right. The Padres are probably pooped out. They haven't ran the bases and crossed home this much all year.

Maybin looked pretty awesome

Game Over.

Dear Indians,

Please quit winning when we do so we can gain on the division.

Sincerely,
Detroit Tigers

:D 6-0 win for the Red Sox and Adrian Gonzalez had another HR in the series.

If it wasn't for the Bruins game on Versus, I would have fallen alseep listening to the Fox announcers for the game. They sounded like they didn't want to be at the game with Buck sounding like he had the flu and the other guy probably sleeping for most of the game.

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amazing

<font color=goldenrod>Love it when the Yanks and Sox play during the weekend. Don't even need to bother looking up what the weekly FOX or ESPN game will be.

Pretty sure they've been the national game everytime they've played since like 2004.</font>

lol holy shit did Jose Bautista ever hit the fuck out of that pitch! Home run number 14.

Buck's interview with Sarah Silverman during the game was painfully awkward.

haha Bautista with another home run. Of course it's a solo. 15 home runs and 25 rbi.

There's another home run for Bautista! Number 3 today!

<font color=goldenrod>Justin Turner is the man.</font>

Series victory for my Padres today. The offense has shown up big time since getting out of that dead zone known as Petco Park.

:D Sweep of the Yankees and it took 4 tries but Red Sox finally reach .500

:rofl: A-Rod's blunder on such a slow hit that gave up what ended up being the game winning 6th run (5-4 at the time).

Woo!! We're .500 now.

19 hours from now you wont be...enjoy it.

Man, the Yankees are really beginning to piss me the fuck off.

So um....how was everyone's weekend?

I enjoyed the Os taking 2 of 3 from Tampa. If they'd give Guthrie some run support they might have been able to sweep them. Os are 19-20 now, 3.5 out..could be worse, they didn't win their 19th game last year until June 19th when they were 19-49..

<font color=goldenrod>You gotta be fucking kidding me. David Wright not in tonight's lineup. Getting an MRI on his back.

Like 90% chance he winds up on the DL no matter what the result.</font>

stress fracture in his back

ouch

although apparently it heals quick which kinda surprised me. guess anything back injury related seems like it'd take a long ass time to heal

Looks like Mon(s)tero might get up to the majors sooner than expected if this thing with Posada and the team/front office goes any further.

I'd rather they bring up Jorge Vazquez for now. He has something like 14 HRs in AAA right now. He should have been brought up instead of Ramiro Pena before to take over the Chavez role - part time DH and sub in for 3rd and 1st.

If they bring up Montero they better make sure that they want Posada basically being on the bench on most days. I don't think they'd bring him up to sit on the bench. If they can get Montero days at DH and a couple games behind the plate a week I'd be all for it. But with the Yankees love for Cervelli I can't see that happening.

This Os/Sox game is taking forever. 1 inning in about 45 minutes.

I want the last 4 hours of my life back. Damnit

Just got a text that Pittsburgh @ Washington has been postponed today. It's only 10:30 in the morning. I guess they were supposed to play at 1 or something?

Harmon Killebrew passes away at 74.

R.I.P.

Fucking hooters in ky don't serve beer cause election day. We're like 300 yards from cincinnatti.

Some team owners just don't "get it".

On the Mark Madden radio show this afternoon, they interviewed Ms. Aversa and her response was that Mr. Coonelly's response on the phone was VERY different than what the "official response" indicated. She said that Mr. Coonelly was very derogatory toward her, and that he did not see anything wrong with what his employee did, even though she was using her corporate account to send out the emails.

Moreso: DON'T LIKE PEOPLE "MAKING FUN" OF HOW MANY GAMES YOU LOSE? SPEND SOME MONEY AND TRY TO HAVE A WINNING SEASON AT LEAST ONCE EVERY COUPLE DECADES.

...they have all the makings of a team who, if they don't start winning soon, are going to be out of it by August, and are just going to explode...making for a very interesting off-season.

WE HAVE A PULSE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

Love those Cubs

Or maybe this just makes for a very interesting trade dead line as well. I mean really think about the trade deadline is sometime in June. And we are still in second place. We are not out of it yet. So that is why I think the Yankees have some sort of plan. Maybe a Montero package for some pitcher. We do have Romine and a very good hitting catcher by the name of Gary Sanchez in the minors. And all though I really don't wanna lose Montero if it can get us a decent Pitcher I'd do it.

I'm more afraid of losing Buenelos in a trade because you know every team and their mother will be asking for him.:(

I wouldn't trade Montero for a 3 month rental. Posada may be on his way out, and Montero's bat is going to play, especially in that ball park. Unless they're getting someone like Jose Reyes form the Mets (who don't have a position for Montero with Ike Davis manning 1st base), I don't see it happening.

Sanchez might be a guy the ship out. He's only 18, and is probably a ways off considering his age and the fact that he's in Single A. I think a package of him, Romine, and maybe a lesser prospect, would be more than enough to net a nice piece. The only question that I'd have is; is there really anybody out there that would be on the trade block worth two top 100 minor leaguers and is that person a long term solution or a 3 month rental?

Not that I can think of. I am trying to think rationally here. Hmmm..... Buerhle will most likely be available. And maybe Liriano. He is doing pretty bad but I am willing to make a wager on Francisco. But in my honest opinion he is not worth 2 top 100 guys maybe 3 depending on who this lesser prospect is. And besides the Twins probably don't need 2 more catchers with Mauer of course. There are a lot of Pitchers I'd like to have for that but like I said I am trying to think rationally not have a fantasy draft. Liriano might have his problems but we might be able to fix him if available.

This reminds me, I'm going to start checking Seattle scores from here until July.

Well, the Twins have to start making some bold decisions concerning Mauer coming up, here. His injuries are killing the team right now, and wit catcher being such a physically demanding/draining position, I can see them either rotating Mauer and Morneau at DH/1st base.

Mauer's contract isn't going anywhere, so they need to do something to get the most out of him. Being the everyday catcher at this point should not be an option.

I wonder how serious the M's would be in moving Felix. He and Pineda fomr a pretty dominating duo at the top of the rotation. With Smoak getting a full year in this year, and Dustin Ackley getting closer, the M's could be in contention sooner rather than later.

By sooner, I mean during the duration of Hernadez' contract.

Felix is only 25. The Mariners would be nuts to trade him any time in the near future.

I agree. That's why I doubt they even explore the idea, especially when their future cornerstone guys are so close to breaking the roster and being on the team all at once.

The Mariners would trade Pineda before even thinking about Hernandez. Someone would have to go above and beyond for the Mariners to even think about it.

King Felix signed that 5-year, $78 mil. extension last season I think. Nobody is going to make a move on him unless some GM and/or owner got the stones to eat that much salary.

Ichiro on the other hand, I'd inquire just for kicks to see what Seattle would want for him.

Ichiro has 5/10 rights, and signed a contract structured specifically for the M's to be able to afford him and ensure he will retire as a Mariner. I HIGHLY doubt he would ever be moved. In fact, I think Hernandez would move before Ichiro.

And they'd be idiots to trade Pineda. He's young, has electric stuff, is doing well with a high chance of only getting better, and he's cheap for a long time. No chance they move him.

worst umpiring job ive seen this year behind the plate. Colon keeps getting calls several inches off the plate, its ridiculous at this point.

Doesn't the Nintendo guy own the Mariners? I highly doubt they will need to go into fire-sale mode and trade away all of their young talent to save a few bucks.

Ichiro's contract is up next season. You never know....



I was gonna say which one is it. Big Bart returned to his original pitching form, the O's suck at the plate, or did the ump get paid off.

Then I flip over to NESN and see Bucholz went 7 and threw 120something pitches. 0-0 game and both teams got hits in. Is the Red Sox bullpen THAT bad, or is he trying to prove a point?

Os get another blown save off Rivera...amazing. 2 hits and a Sac Fly to tie at 1. They only had 3 hits off Colon for the first 8 innings.

Maybe they should have left Colon in. He hadnt even thrown 90 pitches.

I know. Pineda is probably the Manny Buenelos of the M'S. No chance in getting him. I was just stating they would probably trade him before the "King" no chance on getting either.

Os leave the bases loaded in the 11th and 12th..

Unbelievable..

I love Bartolo Colon.

A Rod's arguing a called 3rd strike and doesnt get tossed. WTF

Yankees leave the bases loaded in the 13th.

Seriously, this is just ridiculous now.

Reynolds strikes out with 2 on and we go to the 14th!

Os have left 10 men on since the 9th..

holy fucking offensive ineptitude with RISP

I really hate Mike Gonzalez. ugh

...I don't know about that...I think that, if pressed, they'd trade Hernandez and keep Pineda.

Orioles gave up 3 runs in the 15th, Mike Gonzalez got tossed for plunking someone in the head and forced Buck to use Guthrie tonight instead of having him for tomorrow and now the Os have 2 on no outs in the bottom of the 15th vs some scrub pitcher the Yankees have left in there for 4 innings because they don't wanna throw Chamberlain or Robertson.

this is the most ridiculous game Ive seen in a while.

Os lose though..stupid waste of 5 hours! fucking hate baseball lately

The guy you're referring to is probably Hector Noesi. We haven't seen much of him since he was called up not that long ago. But, he did get the job done. 4 innings of no run ball is pretty good for the kid.

<font color=goldenrod>Can't believe they got the game in last night. Wettest infield I've ever seen. Puddles everywhere.

Methinks it could get pretty ugly in Yankee Stadium. Tomorrow's lineup is gonna look something like:

SS Jose Reyes
C Josh Thole
RF Carlos Beltran
LF Jason Bay
1B Daniel Murphy
3B Justin Turner
DH Fernando Martinez
CF Jason Pridie
2B Ruben Tejada
P R.A. Dickey

Yuck.</font>

Yea, that Met's game was crazy. I'm shocked neither manager tried to have it called. The conditions were terrible, if not a little dangerous.

<font color=goldenrod>Field Trip day at Citi Field. Stupid kids screaming at every routine flyout because they think its a HR off the bat.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Fat fuck Livan swings at the first pitch and breaks up Dillon Gee's no hit bid in the 6th. Feels like the Mets lose every no hit bid to a pitcher. Doesn't help that everytime they get through 5 with no hits nowadays, the announcers spend the rest of the broadcast harping about how the Mets have never had one until it finally ends.

No Met will ever throw a no-hitter. Ever. I'm not one to buy into curses, but there absolutely is a Curse of Nolan Ryan.</font>

What's up with Johan Santana? Is he rehabbing in the Minors yet?

Vito it's time to hop on the happy bus.

<font color=goldenrod>Not sure what's going on with Johan. Hoping he starts rehabbing next month in preparation for a July return.

Don't know if he'll make much of a difference, but he's so fun to watch. Can't wait for him to get back.</font>

The Padres being at home is such a bummer. They tore shit up on the road, and now they have to come back to that dead zone of a ballpark, and be made to look useless again. Very frustrating.

In other news, former top prospect Kyle Blanks is making progress after having season ending TJ surgery, and Assist. GM of scouting and development Jason McLeod indicated that Blanks is building up arm strength for a possible return to LF.

I doubt anyone knows anything about the Padres right now, but Blanks was their top dog prospect (rated the 50th best minor league prospect in 2009) and was/is a 1st baseman by trait, but was moved to LF to get his RH'd bat in the lineup with Gonzalez. He has LEGIT light tower power, and that's something the organization is in serious need of at all levels. With Rizzo looking like THE MAN at first base after the Gonzalez deal, getting Blanks in the same lineup in LF is a smart move.

And hopefully the Padres give me something better to contribute after tonight...

The E5 error count now stands at 10 in 22 games played in the field. That my friends, is mighty impressive.

Jeez. To think, I know people who actually wanted Encarnicion in a Padres uniform.

The Phillies offense is who we thought they were.

Blanks looks like a giant turtle. Thus I am rooting for him.

also the Rockies traded Franklin Morales today

greatest day of my life.

So, this is pretty amazing and awesome.

http://everyhalloffamer.com/

I wonder what the Red Sox will give to the Rox. Appearently it's a PTBNL.

Apparently Crawford only knows how to hit in the 9th when it's a walk-off situation. Makes him worth SOME of that $20 million he's making this season.

J.P ARENCIBIAAAAAAAAA!!!

Hahaha I don't understand why'd you root for him. If he can get healthy and move back to LF, he's going to be hell in Coors. I just hope he can get it going. We are in desperate need of a legit right handed power bat. I love Rizzo thus far, but hitting in Petco as a lefty is only going to water him down.

I am a big supporter of turtle like baseball players, which is why I like Raul Ibanez

also I like the Padres slightly more than the Dodgers and Giants so anyone who can beat them a little would be good.

I would be good with like a claw hammer and a taco.

so, Doug Davis sucks. In case you didn't know.

<font color=goldenrod>Glad to see Dickey come back to form. Mets' pen has been pretty clutch too.</font>

Os give up 17 runs to the Washington Fucking Nationals.

It cant get any worse..oh wait..I think it can.

1st time the Cubs visit Fenway in 93 years and Red Sox won big 15-5. It was close when it was 2-2 but the 4th inning was huge for the Red Sox.

Tomorrow is when they actually celebrate the 1918 World Seies with the throwback jerseys.

Woo! Red Sox are now a half game away from the top of the AL East.

Padres drop a pathetic loss to the M's 4 to 1. Today was the only chance they had at winning. Michael Pineda and king Felix are probably licking their chops looking at this ball park and the lineup.

The Yankees really need to call up Montero. I think that could be what they need to pull them out of this. The Yankees offense is starting to let them down a lot. Fuck getting a pitcher at the deadline trade for a hitter or two and we're probably in good shape.

Lol poor Jo Jo Reyes. 1 away from the record now of consecutive starts without a win which stands at 28.

You can never have enough pitching, which is something that the Yankees have showcased lasy year with Burnett's issues and Hughes' this season.

Not to mention, calling up Montero and expecting him to help turn it around is asking a lot from a kid who hasn't seen one big league at bat and is going to have to really learn to adjust in a very pitching strong division.

I don't think calling him is a bad idea, but he's not going to be some sort of savior, either.

Jose Bautista! Jesus Christ! Another 2 home runs and 4 rbi. If the Jays had guy on base to start the year, Bautista would be a Triple Crown threat

Well at least he's got the 4 RBI this time. I have to admit that, while thinking he could have a solid power year, I NEVER expected Bautista to continue to hit the way he did last year and have it carry over. I figured they'd adjust to him. I've been very wrong thus far.

Jose Bautista is the best hitter in the Major Leagues...

...SAY WHAT?!

It's ridiculous. Every time he bats you expect it to be a home run. He can't miss this year.

<font color=goldenrod>Gotta listen to Buck and McCarver. God damn it.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Justin Turner is on fucking fire. RBIs in 7 straight games. New Mets rookie record.</font>

I usually just mute them and put on 880. But since you're a met fan, 660 for you.

Is Joe Buck really THAT BAD? I don't really seem to mind him much, except for that he doesn't show much excitement even when something big happens.

Hey it could be worse. It could be Hawk Harrelson and McCarver.

I can tolerate Buck during football season. But when he calls baseball with McCarver or somebody else, it's like listening to nails on a chalkboard.

Example from last night:

McCarver: "It's like the message on my answering machine. "I'm not here, obviously." "

Buck: "Everytime I hear that, it brings a smile to my face."

<font color=goldenrod>The problem with Buck is that he's gone on record saying he's bored of baseball, and it certainly shows in his commentary. He doesn't watch any games outside of the ones he calls. It sounds like every game he calls is a chore and an inconvenience to him.

I think it's a fucking disgrace for a guy to be making that much money to call a game when he clearly hates it. There are people who would kill to have that job making a quarter of what he likely makes.</font>

I don't expect that. Our hitting isn't bad. I mean there are times that we get 9 or 10 runs and then the next day we have trouble scoring 2 or 3. I don't expect Montero to be a savior cause our hitting doesn't really need to be saved persey. We just need to get it more consistant. And having a young guy may just add a spark to some of the old fogies. I am not expecting Montero to come up and save us. I'm expecting him to come up and maybe hit average and that in turn may be the spark the Yankees need. We just need to be more consistent.

<font color=goldenrod>Fucking knew Jeter would do something to hurt the Mets before the series was over. Always does.</font>

The Yankees WIN!!!!!!! Funny that we started hitting only after the Mets hit Cervelli maybe they shouldn't have done that.;)