The NY-Toronto game is only half over, but the Jays have made so many great plays in the field, I think it would behoove Girardi to call time and ask the umps to count the number of Blue Jays in the field. There just has to be more than nine of them.
***THE RED SOX INJURY PROBLEMS***
There has been a lot of talk about the many injury problems the Sox have had, which is the reason they're not running away with the AL East. On the other hand, the Yankees have had just as many injuries and lost time for their regulars as Boston, yet they're leading the division. Why is that?
While Theo Epstein was being crowned as the King of the General Managers this winter for signing Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzales among other moves, what got lost in the process was the devastation he created in the Sox' farm system. Cashman, on the other hand, has his best prospects still in hand, and put together a cadre of one-year back-up players who have outperformed Boston's bench. Colon, Garcia and Chavez have produced far beyond the expectations of the so-called experts and their youngsters have shown they deserve the accolades they were getting in the minors.
***WHAT IS THE BEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN YANKEE HISTORY?***
This was the topic of an article in the NY Daily News today. The choices they listed were:
Babe Ruth's 714 career homers
Roger Maris 61 homers in a season
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak
Mariano Rivera's 600+career saves
Derek Jeter's 3000+ career hits
The one that stands out in my mind is DiMaggio's streak. Other than Maris, the other accomplishments have a base in longevity. Mariano has had a number of blown saves, Jeter's career batting average isn't the highest in Yankee history, which means if Lou Gehrig, for example, had played longer, he probably would have exceeded the 3000 hit mark, too. But DiMaggio streak leaves no room for error, A hit every single game for about two months. One bad game and the streak is over. I can't see that mark ever being beaten.
***LET THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME***
Serena Williams was fined for berating the chair umpire at the US Open Tennis tournament. Serena, who earned $500,000 for her finish in the standings of the US Open Series, was fined a whopping $2000. Do you think she was properly chastised? No truth to the rumor that she responded, "Here's a check for $4000. That should cover next year."
***THEY SAID IT***
"Another weekend of college football. The Oklahoma Sooners face their biggest test of the young season. A multiplication quiz in Jock Math class." -- Alan Ray
How about the mistakes, the mental errors, the lack of focus at times in the Nebraska-Washington game Saturday — and that was just by Matt Millen in the press box. -- Brad Dickson
"There were 33 college football games available on TV on Saturday in Omaha. I'd like to congratulate the one guy in town who got some yard work done." -- Brad Dickson
"A Nebraska man converted a school bus into a high-speed drag racer after installing a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom fighter jet engine into the vehicle. I’m thinking I’d want to go 367 mph if I had to drive kids to school every day." -- Cam Huthinson
"WBC Welterweight Champ Victor Ortiz has been posing in briefs in ads for Freshpair.com. Maybe Ortiz misses being on the undercard." -- RJ Currie
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