Of course it would help if I had any idea what's been going on the last two weeks. ESPN seemed to focus of football (college & pro), tennis and golf, just giving us the baseball scores. The papers didn't help, either. The west coast papers focused on college football, the mountain states papers were full of hunting and fishing and as for the Canadian papers...well, I don't speak Canadian. I did notice a couple of things yesterday, though.
***THE FASCINATION WITH BOSTON'S PITCHERS***
What is it about the Sox' pitchers that make sportswriters feel that they are unbeatable? They started out the season marveling at the depth and quality of the Red Sox pitchers and how did that work out? Smoltz and Penny were both worth a penny, Wakefield needs a back brace, Bucholtz pitches like he's afraid of the hitters, Paplebon has been inconsistent, Matsuzaki spent the summer on the DL and the rest of the bullpen has been bringing a can of gasoline to mound. Now we're heading into the post season, and all of a sudden they've become a Hall-of-Fame staff again. As for the Yankee staff, all you read is they spent $480 million dollars. Going into this weekend, everything is pretty much settled, but the Sox COULD end up with the division title and Texas COULD be the wild card entry, but both scenarios are very unlikely. We'll see which staff rises to the occasion this weekend.
***IS JIM RICE GETTING 'JOE MORGAN FEVER'?
He watched Zack Greinke shut down the Red Sox this week and he "wasn't impressed." He claimed the Greinke "...wasn't overpowering and didn't have good command." Sure, six innings, two hits, five strikeouts and no one beyond 2nd base. Did he do that with mirrors, Jim? He said that Greinke reminded him of Roger Moret. Who? Were they both right-handed? Did they have the same hair color? Maybe you could hit Moret, Jim, but you wouldn't do so well against Greinke. Roger Moret! Give me a break.
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