Thursday, April 28, 2011

THEY'RE STILL NOT HITTING...

***YANKS 3, WHITE SOX 1, OZZIE BOOTED***
...but a win is a win.
Cano's laser shot into the right field stands was all the scoring that Bartolo Colon needed. Ozzie must have had a premonition, because he got himself ejected in the first inning. He said the Ump had a right to toss him after what he said to him. Guillen could get fined for that, but he probably won't, because when he gets mad, he's impossible to understand, so there'll be no proving what was said.
Swisher and Posada need help badly. Evey now and then, Posada connects, and because he's swinging so hard, it's usually a home run. Swisher, on the other hand, hasn't even had a loud foul in the past three games.
Colon's out pitch, the spillover, backup slider, the two-seamer, whatever you want to call it, was absolutely unhittable last night. Add in a fastball that ran at 93-94 mph on average and touched 97 once, and you have a winner. Suddenly, it's the pitching that looks like the Yanks strong suit and not the hitting.
Speaking of pitching, the latest word on Phil Hughes is some kind of circulatory problem. Not good.

***UPDATE ON THE RED SOX NATION***
Boston's back in last place, but still only 4 games out. Crawford went 0-4 and is hitting .156. Francona has him batting in the 8th spot right now. He might want to bat him 9th but there's Jason Varitek, hitting a whopping .091. Saltalamacchia, who is supposed to be the full time catcher this year, is hitting only .186 with no homers and 5 RBIs. He might still be starting over Varitek, but scouts say his defense is terrible and Boston pitchers are not comfortable throwing to him. Jarrod, meet Jorge.

***ESPN CAN DO SOMETHING RIGHT***
I've been complaining about all the hoopla that ESPN has been spewing at us and that the sports coverage has been deteriorating. Well, if you can put on a little show that's entertaining, then everyone can be satisfied.
I don't know who's responsible for this, but it had to be a lot of work. Even though it's really a promo for the upcoming NFL draft, another boring bit of quasi-sports, I have to admit this is pretty cute. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i624aWIIwI

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