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Sweep,finally!

So the Rays lose,Boston sweeps, and the Yankees get pummeled and are in last place. Good enough, end the season now. Nice to see Papi getting his swing going, and can we take some of the pressure off of Manny’s back? I’m watching TBS’ coverage today and I heard the comment “Everyone’s hitting homers today except the guy we all came to see hit a homer, Manny!” somewhere between, oh, 5 and 100 times during the game. Add to this they showed a picture of Bob Uker next to the pool in some short shorts, and I’m giving their coverage a solid D-.

Josh Beckett got the win, but looked a little like Beckett circa ’06. Strike out a batter or give up a homer, nothing in between. Luckly the Brewers apparently did not enjoy holding on to leads and decided to just give ‘em back on homers and yet another infield error. And credit Ryan Braun for not being  a rookie of the year flash in the pan, Braun hit something like 10 home runs in the three game series, alright not that many, but the guy flat out raked. Nice to see Gabe Kapler around too, glad to see him playing agin, even if its not in a Sox uniform.

Tomorrow we’re back to AL play with the Royals, who if you haven’t  heard are not the powder blue push overs of old. They even have good pitching this season,  we’ll see Bartolo Colon , so…………………..there, you got that.  I kid, I hope Colon can get a good thing going, I give the guy credit for taking a minor leauge deal he could have walked away from when May rolled around, but stuck around Pawtucket because of his desire to get back to the bigs. Justin Masterson will be around for a start too, hopefully the bats stay hot and give these guys a chance at a win.

 

Hey look,some bats………

FINALLY! The offense seems to have arrived. Two series wins, one a sweep over the Rays, who have suddenly remembered that they are, well the Rays, and that pitching dual-a-thon series with the Jays. More important, two series wins over AL East foes. Next up are the Tigers, with Jim Leyland promising a “shake-up” after todays collapse/epic fail against the Twins.

I like Jim Leyland, I imagine he lives in a flea bag motel in downtown Detroit about three blocks from the park. In the morning he gets into full uni, cleats and all, and walks to the park, smoking a cigarette, listening to the comments shouted by passerbys with a wave and a nod…..

” Good job last night Jimmy!”..honk, honk

“Hey, Leyland, maybe you could get Miggy off of the Quarter Pounders and on a treadmill, huh?”..honk, (Leyland flips the bird.)

“Hey, Leyland, can Granderson pitch?” Honk, wave…..(Leyland responds, “Maybe we’ll try.”)

At least thats how I imagine it to be.

Totally unrelated, but still awesome, I’m watching a bit of the Cubs-Cards game earlier and “Former Tennessee Smokie” Yadiar Molina throws out a would be base stealer…..FROM HIS KNEES, as he’s falling forward. The guy gets my all-star vote for that alone.

Oh, and for the no people who read this, I’ll be posting my All-Star votes. Hint: I vote for more than one Red Sox player.

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