Wednesday, June 02, 2010

WILL THE REAL JAVIER VASQUEZ STAND UP?

***DID THE YANKS WIN, OR DID THE ORIOLES LOSE?***
Miguel Tejada was charged with a throwing error that cost Baltimore the game last night. However, a Major League first baseman would have caught that throw. Granted, Ty Wiggington is a 2nd baseman playing first to keep his bat in the game, but he's got to catch that throw...and not fall down trying. He did amuse the crowd in the ninth by back-pedaling down the first base line to avoid a tag. Granderson hit a homerun off a lefty, no less. That made it two surprising performances. Vasquez was simply terrific, working out of a bases loaded, one-out jam in the 7th. I was glad to see him get the win. Chamberlain & Rivera performed as they should.
It seems the Yanks can be their own worst enemy. Now Mark Teixeira has fouled a ball off his foot, causing him to leave the game. X-rays were negative and he should play tonight.
One of the ESPN reporters said the Yanks were, "...feasting on the league's bottom-feeders, no offense to the Orioles,..." No, of course not. Who could take that remark badly?

***TAMPA BAY PULLS ONE OUT IN THE NINTH***
Behind 5-3, the Rays scored 4 runs in the ninth to win 7-6 in Toronto, aided by Kevin Gregg's 5 walks in 2/3 of an inning. How could manager Cito Gaston let that happen? Rays manager Joe Madden was tossed in the ninth when home plate umpire, Angel Hernandez, refused to grant hitter Carlos Pena a time out. Not ready to hit, Pena took a called third strike, causing Madden
to argue that trying to speed up a game in that situation was wrong. Wherever he was, Joe West reportedly clutched his heart and fell to the ground, saying afterwards, "I don't know. I just felt a disturbance in the force."

***YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?***
Mark McGwire's wife Stephanie is expected to give birth to triplets this week. Apparently Mark is still using those "performance enhancing" drugs.

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