Tall Tuesday

I'll admit, I've been lying down on the blog job these past few days. A shame really, as the Sox just finished up 4 of the most important and exciting games of the season. So, I've gone back and updated my posts since friday accordingly... Enjoy.

Sox Update: I find it hard to put into words just how unexpectedly great Jon Garland has been this year. The Sox win over KC tonight pushes his record to 12-2. When the season began, he was the #5 starter with McCarthy looking over his shoulder. As it stands now, he'll be on the mound in Detroit in 2 weeks as the AL starting pitcher in the All-Star game. Fuck.

The Sox hit tonight, too. sPod was 3 for 4, though he was thrown out stealing. Ozuna played again tonight and promptly went 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs. All of a sudden, Timo Perez is looking even more useless... Dye and Crede each had 2 hits.

How bout that play by Iguchi, behind firstbase throwing from his knees... What a find he's been for the Sox... The D continues...

After watching McCarthy monday night, I got to thinking about the trade possibilities coming up in the next few weeks. The Sox need, or so I'm told they require, the services of a left handed power hitter. I'd like to see See Chop Hoi in a Sox uni... So who can the Sox trade? Thomas is not a possibility, no team will take his contract. Maybe Everett. McCarthy might be the best bet. His trade value is high, and if the Sox win it all the sacrifice will be worth it. I'm not saying that is what should be done. I think the best option is to leave the team as is and trade no one.

Down On The Farm:

Charlotte (AAA): fill in the blanks yourself.. I'm tired of reporting on these losers.

Birmingham (AA): Beat Chattanooga 3-1. Owens gets 3 hits. Tracey pitches 7 innings of scoreless ball and is now 7-3 on the year.

Winston-Salem (A): Beat Frederick 7-6. Collaro Watch: 1 for 4. Daigle 0 for 3. The real story was the debut of Sox 2005 #1 Draft pick Lance Broadway, in his pro debut, goes 4 and 2/3rds, yielding 2 ER, including 2 homers, and 4 walks, while striking out 6 in a no-decision.

Kannapolis (A): Lose to Ashville 7-4. Hansen homered and drove in 3. Cook struck out 3 times. Zaleski loses it in relief, yielding 3 ER in just over an inning.

and today was opening day in the rookie leagues...

Bristol (R): Beat Greenville 6-5 in 10. Sanchez goes 2 for 4 (homer, double) and scores 3 runs. Another Sanchez pitched, and and struck out 7 in 5 and 1/3rd, giving up just one run.

Great Falls (R): What a way to start the season, getting gang raped by Billings 14-3. Novona struck out 5 in 4 and 2/3rds, but also gave up 2 ER . Logan struck out 3 in 2 IP, but also gave up 3 walks and hits, and 3 ER.

Baseball phrase of the day: Mr. Guess n. umpire

Today's music selection: lots of jazz to ease my pain. cannonball Adderly, Bobby Matos...

I don't want to talk about softball last night... we barely fielded a team, and got killed by the best team we've played all year. It was ugly. At least they shared their beer with us after the game. That is, if you can call Coors Light beer. We had a new girl play for us tonight.. cutie blond... she struck out twice, but hopefully will hit a homer run with yours truly by the end of the year...

I've also remove the link to The Standing Ovation, the baseball blog collective. Turns out, they have multiple writers for the same team, so you have more than one person posting the same boring story. Forget that noise.

Full moon around the sky the last few nights. For the first time in recent memory, it has not increased my libido, despite being around numerous hotties.