More McCarthy

Not much to write about today without sounding too vain.

Cactus League Update: Sox lose to the Angels 4-3. It was fun to watch McCarthy pitch again. He finally gives up a run - a solo homer to Bengie Molina. 5 IP, 4 Ks. Amazing. His mechanics looked fine and, despite the home run, it looked like he was putting more stuff on the ball the last time. Adkins loses it - giving up 3 ER in 1 1/3 of late-inning relief. Gload, Konerko and PErez each had two hits. Pods gets a SB, but the Sox strand 11 runners.

Baseball Phrase of the Day: putty arm n. bad or weak arm. As in "Despite a fine year in 2003, Mark Prior has a putty arm."