Sunday, May 13, 2012

ONE DOWN, FOUR TO GO

The season is about 1/5 over, so let's see where we stand:

## The Orioles lead the AL East.  Yeah, I don't believe it, either, but there they are. They have a two game series with the Yanks starting tomorrow, so that should give us a little more insight as to their future.

## It should also give us a peek into the Yankees season, too. It looks like their pitching is starting to come around and so is the hitting. Don't count on Pettitte too much.  He may be okay, but I'm not comfortable with him being in the rotation. Starting him against the Mariners is a good idea, though.Their team batting average is .233, tied for 26th in the majors.

## If pitching is 90% of baseball, how come the Phillies, with Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee, are mired in last place, 6 1/2 games out?  There is a rumor that the Phils are quietly shopping Hamels and Shane Victorino.  Don't believe it.

## The Rangers are having Josh Hamilton fitted for his Triple Crown. Don't put any money on this one, either. There have only been 14 in MLB history, the last one in 1967, by Carl Yastremski.  Let's not forget that two weeks ago, Matt Kemp was also a shoo-in for the triple crown and currently, he's not the leader in any of the three categories. In spite of his current statistics, Hamilton has only walked 13 times so far this year. His scouting report says he tends to swing at everything, so why are pitchers throwing him strikes?

## Brett Gardner? Oh yeah, he plays left field , when he's not hurt. In the meantime, Raul Ibanez is hitting .287 with 7 homers and 21 RBIs. That's a pace for 34 homers and 103 RBIs. He's not close to being the fielder that Gardner is, but that's a big bat.

## In the five games since he hit his only home run this season, Albert Pujols is 4-21 with no homers and 2 RBIs. His slump is not over.

## In the Orioles/Rays game yesterday, the two teams made 7 errors -- and Eduardo Nunez wasn't even in the game.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL LADIES OUT THERE.

***THEY SAID IT***
"Josh Hamilton set an all-time AL single-game mark with 18 total bases—four homers and a double. The last guy to get past first base that often in one night was Tiger Woods."  -- RJ Currie
"Shaquille O'Neal earned a doctoral degree in education in 4 1/2 years. He would have gotten it sooner, but part of his thesis including having to shoot 10 free throws and make five."  -- Jim Barach
"Former Saints lineman Anthony Hargove apparently said in his statement that he was told to "play dumb" about the bounty program. Telling an NFL player to play dumb? Now there's a stretch."  -- Janice Hough
"Nationals teen phenom Bryce Harper wound up with 10 stitches in his face after a bat-swinging tantrum in a clubhouse tunnel. Immediately questioned and released: Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels and the entire Saints defense."  -- Dwight Perry
"They say give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man to fish, and he'll get his own show on the Discovery Channel."  -- Craig Ferguson
"There was a bizarre incident during the Lakers-Nuggets game, when a woman took about 17 steps onto the court. NBA refs were prepared to call walking if she took an 18th step."  -- Brad Dickson
"It's reported that the Dallas Mavericks are getting rid of Lamar Odoms, due to a lack of passion. Rumor has it Odom's official response after hearing this was, "Whatever."  -- Brad Dickson
"Tiger made the cut at The Players Championship. Elin thinks they named this tournament in his honor."  -- TC Chong
"Terrell Owens was on the Dr. Phil show stating that he is almost bankrupt and unable to pay child support to his four children from four different mothers: T.O. should attempt a comeback — in the NBA."  -- TC in BC

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