4-for-5, 2 singles, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 1 dead fan in the bleachers, 1 elated Danny Mac
That was Wily Mo's line against Cleveland Thursday Night.
And while you're here, I might as well point you to an article from the Globe about my boy.
Just a couple little tidbits from the article:
"He can be even better than me," said Ortiz yesterday. "He is one of the strongest people I've ever been around. With Wily Mo it's just playing time. With his hitting it's just timing. That's all it is. People say he can't hit the breaking ball. Well, I couldn't hit the breaking ball either. I learned to hit it. But I learned to hit it because I got the opportunity. Wily Mo hasn't had the opportunity."
And...
"That kid is a star waiting to happen," said (Mike) Easler (WMP's hitting coach in the minors). "When I had him as a kid, he was making great progress. We worked on things every day. Every day. I did endless numbers of drills with him to improve his ability to hit a breaking pitch."
Easler added, "From what I remember of Wily Mo and what I see of him on TV when I watch, this kid can still be pretty special. It would be great to see that happen for him because he's a good kid and he just wants to do well. As a hitting coach he'd be a hitter I'd be excited to work with and I felt that way when I had him."
And one more from Papi...
"Someday, I'm telling you," said Ortiz, "he's gonna change your mind."
Now I don't know who Mike Easler is, and frankly, I don't care. When a guy like David Ortiz is saying someone can potentially be better than him, you have to take notice. It wasn't that long ago Ortiz was cast away from Minnesota as a guy who didn't have the talent to make it in the majors. Now he's one of the biggest stars in the entire league.
Pena is 25 years old right now. Ortiz was 27 when he came to Boston and broke out. Pretty similar career paths. The potential is there. The talent is there. Now it's just a matter of putting Pena in the right environment.
I will accept my "Danny you were right" from everyone sometime on 2009. Look forward to that day.
Disagree? (Which I know EVERYONE does.) Feel free to tear me apart at thesportshub@blogspot.com. I will save every email and comment and will throw every one of them in your face when WMP breaks out.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Looking Back...
Alright so this post isn't happening at the All Star Break like it was promised. And it's not going to be a double post by me and Greech. But if one of us doesn't throw up a First Half Review, our most loyal reader Sean might lose it. And I figure if I get the ball rolling here with the midseason review, maybe Greech can pry himself away from his new-found love and answer the challenge.
It's been a great half year for the Sox filled with surprising performances and some awesome memorable moments. Without further ado...a look back at the first half of the '07 season through the eyes of Danny Mac:
Best Call-Up: You know how every year we read tons of stories about our prospects that are ready to make the jump to the Major Leagues? Before Papelbon made his debut he was already a household name. Before Youkilis joined the big club he was already "The Greek God of Walks."
Well for the last 2 years one name has been thrown into every "Best Prospect" conversation and article that has happened. That man is Jacoby Ellsbury. Now maybe he was only up for a week, but what an awesome week he had. When's the last time you saw someone, at any level of the game including Little League, take home plate from 2nd base on a passed ball?? I've never seen it. We finally got to see what this kid can do. And I'll be the 5000th to say it; I am already PSYCHED for the Ellsbury Era in Boston.
Honorable Mention goes to Manny Delcarmen, who I am predicting to win the Best Call-up award for the season-end review.
Best Arrival: Daisuke Matsuzaka was the big signing of the offseason, hands down. He came in with all the hype in the world. MVP of the WBC. Best Japanese prospect in years. $51.1 million just to negotiate with the guy, plus another $52 to get him signed. And I couldn't be happier about it the guy has been as advertised, and he's only going to get better.
But he didn't have the Best Arrival. Remember that first Yankee game in Fenway? You know where we beat Rivera for the 1034th time in the last few years? Well for me the biggest moment of that game was Hideki Okajima's arrival.
This guy came to the Sox with little-to-no expectations. He was "the other Japanese guy." But then he came in and shut down the Yankees at Fenway Park. This was his make or break moment, and he came out and established himself as "The Man." Now he's Okie, the All-Star, the best set up man in the game. And it all started on that fateful night in Boston when he shut down the big, bad Bronx crew. Welcome to Boston Okie.
Best Moment: So many to choose from. There's "back to back to back to back", which also included Joe Morgan wondering if that has ever happened in the history of the game, when it actually happened last year as well and included J.D. Drew in both instances. Great to know ol' Joe still has a job.
There's the Mother's Day game, where the Sox rallied to come back against the Orioles and won it with Lugo's grounder that he beat out. There's Schilling's near no-no in Oakland. We can even include Okie's arrival that I just talked about. There's Dice-K's debut. We even have Wily Mo's walk-off grandslam off of Chris Ray in Baltimore.
But I'm giving the nod to the nostalgic moment. I'm going with Trot Nixon's return to Fenway. Maybe I'm biased because I was there for it. But that was just an awesome night to be at Fenway. With all the Nixon memories, I have to give this the Best Moment award. It's only right to pay homage to the Original Dirt Dog here.
Rod Beck Memorial: This is the award for the best facial hair. No surprises here, it's Youk. I'm 99% convinced that Youk's goatee could double as a face-mask for Richard Seymour. That thing terrifies me.
Honorable mention to Papi's "WTF beard" and Manny's Patches.
Rookie of the (1st Half of) the Year: We all know Okie is the obvious answer. But Danny Mac likes to go against the grain. I'm giving it to Dustin Pedroia. He's another one of those "guys we've been hearing about for the last few years but have never actually seen him play." Sure he made a couple of appearances last year as a pinch runner, but until this year we only he he was one of our top prospects.
He struggled through April to the point where everyone wanted Alex Cora as our everyday 2nd baseman. But Tito wouldn't quit on DP and now he's become a favorite in Red Sox Nation.
.310 avg, .393 OBP, 21 doubles, 37 runs, 26 RBI. Not to mention near flawless glovework in the field, plus my favorite quote of the season thus far: (concerning A-Rod's cheap shot slide into 2nd) "That's fine if that's how he wants to play I'll just remember that next time he's coming in my arm slot hits the floor."
5'9", 180 lbs., and 0 ounces of fear. Gotta love Pedroia.
The Rem-Dawg Award: Have to recognize Jerry Remy here for his greatest broadcasting moment. I am going with everything involving the taping of "Sox Appeal", the new NESN dating show where people go to dates at Fenway. Basically they show the people on their date while Remy provides great insight like "yea, this girl has no interest in this guy at all, she's totally bored" and "the best way to get a girl is to ask her 'How you doin'". I tried the "how you doin" on a booze cruise a couple months ago. Remy's onto something good there.
Manny being Manny Award: Oh Manny. Is there a more entertaining guy in sports than Manny Ramirez? We could list all of his Manny moments, but I think there's a word limit to this blog space so I'll just let you reminisce on your own.
Surprisingly Manny has only had like 311 Manny moments so far this year. The over/under was 560.5. Maybe Manny is finally learning how to be a normal human being. Well you know, except for the strangely homoerotic relationship with Julian Tavarez that includes head-rubbing in the dugout.
Speaking of Tavarez...
The Tim Wakefield Most Underrated Performer: Named after the most underrated Sox player of my lifetime. Everytime you look at the pitching probables and see Tavarez for the Sox, you kinda think "Son of a %$!&". But Julian has done a hell of a job this year. He's stayed with Halladay twice, and had the Sox in prime position to beat Johan Santana early in the year. For a guy that is basically just holding Jon Lester's spot in the rotation, Tavarez done a damn good job. Because of him there is no reason to rush Lester back up to Boston. Tavarez hasn't received enough credit for the job he's done. Plus, he's kept Manny happy and there's no way in hell to give him enough credit for that. I still say he's packaged with WMP at the deadline for another bullpen arm.
Honorable mention goes to Mike Lowell who isn't talked about nearly enough as he should be.
Biggest Disappointment: No I will not be doing any Lugo bashing. He's going to have a great second half (see predictions below). This space is for J.D. Drew. $14 mil a year. And he sucks. I'm not even bringing up stats because I'll just get upset. Can we PLEASE just turn WMP into the everyday right-fielder??? For the love of GOD please just do me this favor Tito. He's a freakin Monster and there is no way in hell he can do worse than Drew. Just have Coco play like 20 steps over towards rightfield to help protect WMP some. Coco has proven he has the speed to cover all that area. JUST MAKE WMP THE STARTER. DREW IS USELESS!!!
OK I'm done now.
Cy Young: 12-2, 3.44 ERA, 92 K's, and that includes 15 days on the DL. You could easily add 1-2 more wins plus another 10-25 K's if he was healthy all year.
Josh Beckett has finally found his stuff. He became a household name for Sox fans back in 2003 when he shut down the Yanks in the World Series. Then he came to Boston as a known Yankee-killer. Disappointed us all in 2006, but has definitely found his groove in 2007. Does any team really want to see Beckett in October? Didn't think so.
MVP: .323 avg, .911 OPS (.416 OBP), 46 RBI, 51 runs, 1 wicked bad ass goatee. I'm talkin about Wily M...OK fine I mean Youkilis. What can you say about this guy. He's been awesome. Papi and Manny are just now hitting their strides, yet we're sitting 10 games ahead of NY. The bulk of the credit is going to the pitching, which is very well-deserved by all means. But where's Youk's credit? He has been flawless in the field. He's been clutch at the plate. He's been a leader. Congrats Youk, we'll be sending your TSH 1st Half MVP Award ASAP. (Editor's note: The MVP trophy is just an empty box of Keystone with a picture glued to the side of me and Greech holding a sign that says MVP.)
Lifetime Red Sox Nation Member Award: Totally contrived award that I'm making up on the spot. I just feel that this guy needs recognition and here's how I do it. Gotta love that I am my own editor and can make shit up as I go.
At the end of the year, the Sox are going to have a tough choice to make. Do they re-sign Mike Lowell. Personally I say hell yes. But I understand how everything works and there's a 99% chance that he leaves Boston after the season. Well I am offering the Lifetime RSN Member Award to Mike Lowell. He's been the ultimate professional. He has been unreal since coming over with Beckett last year. Excellent defense. Extremely clutch at the plate. Here's to Mike Lowell who will always have a special place in the hearts of Sox fans everywhere. Well unless the Yanks end up signing him and then this award becomes the "Screw You, You Goddamn Sell-Out Award".
2nd Half Predictions: These will be quick.
-Manny and Papi break out. Wicked obvious, and it's already starting to happen. It just feels nice to make an obvious prediction to boost my correct predictions %.
-WMP and Tavarez go in a package deal. With Lester waiting in the wings, and the arrival of Eric Hinske as a great bench option, I say deal these 2 while they're stock is still relatively high. And yea I know Pena has been awful. But he's still 25 and can be dealt on potential alone. You'll see.
-Drew goes down for an extended time period and we bring back Brian Daubach to be the everyday RF. Yea that's not gonna happen, but now you're all thinking, what ever happened to Daubach. He always came through with 2 straight weeks of hitting .800 with 10 homers, then tailed off. I still say Drew goes down though.
-Lugo hits .320 for the second half. He's coming alive as we speak. Just wait. By the end of August we will all have completely forgotten about his .190 first half average. You'll see.
-Boston takes the AL East by 5-7. Yea I know. A little too early to call it, even though it's obvious it's happening. The Yanks don't have enough to take the East (although they will make a late season September run at it), but they will take the Wild Card. We'll be seeing another Boston/NY playoff series come October, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
There's your midseason awards from Danny Mac. Now I just hope Greech can pull himself off the couch away from the "24 Marathons" we've been hearing about.
Feel free to throw in your own Mid Year Awards or 2nd half predictions or Greech-bashing comments at thesportshub@blogspot.com.
Happy now Sean?
It's been a great half year for the Sox filled with surprising performances and some awesome memorable moments. Without further ado...a look back at the first half of the '07 season through the eyes of Danny Mac:
Best Call-Up: You know how every year we read tons of stories about our prospects that are ready to make the jump to the Major Leagues? Before Papelbon made his debut he was already a household name. Before Youkilis joined the big club he was already "The Greek God of Walks."
Well for the last 2 years one name has been thrown into every "Best Prospect" conversation and article that has happened. That man is Jacoby Ellsbury. Now maybe he was only up for a week, but what an awesome week he had. When's the last time you saw someone, at any level of the game including Little League, take home plate from 2nd base on a passed ball?? I've never seen it. We finally got to see what this kid can do. And I'll be the 5000th to say it; I am already PSYCHED for the Ellsbury Era in Boston.
Honorable Mention goes to Manny Delcarmen, who I am predicting to win the Best Call-up award for the season-end review.
Best Arrival: Daisuke Matsuzaka was the big signing of the offseason, hands down. He came in with all the hype in the world. MVP of the WBC. Best Japanese prospect in years. $51.1 million just to negotiate with the guy, plus another $52 to get him signed. And I couldn't be happier about it the guy has been as advertised, and he's only going to get better.
But he didn't have the Best Arrival. Remember that first Yankee game in Fenway? You know where we beat Rivera for the 1034th time in the last few years? Well for me the biggest moment of that game was Hideki Okajima's arrival.
This guy came to the Sox with little-to-no expectations. He was "the other Japanese guy." But then he came in and shut down the Yankees at Fenway Park. This was his make or break moment, and he came out and established himself as "The Man." Now he's Okie, the All-Star, the best set up man in the game. And it all started on that fateful night in Boston when he shut down the big, bad Bronx crew. Welcome to Boston Okie.
Best Moment: So many to choose from. There's "back to back to back to back", which also included Joe Morgan wondering if that has ever happened in the history of the game, when it actually happened last year as well and included J.D. Drew in both instances. Great to know ol' Joe still has a job.
There's the Mother's Day game, where the Sox rallied to come back against the Orioles and won it with Lugo's grounder that he beat out. There's Schilling's near no-no in Oakland. We can even include Okie's arrival that I just talked about. There's Dice-K's debut. We even have Wily Mo's walk-off grandslam off of Chris Ray in Baltimore.
But I'm giving the nod to the nostalgic moment. I'm going with Trot Nixon's return to Fenway. Maybe I'm biased because I was there for it. But that was just an awesome night to be at Fenway. With all the Nixon memories, I have to give this the Best Moment award. It's only right to pay homage to the Original Dirt Dog here.
Rod Beck Memorial: This is the award for the best facial hair. No surprises here, it's Youk. I'm 99% convinced that Youk's goatee could double as a face-mask for Richard Seymour. That thing terrifies me.
Honorable mention to Papi's "WTF beard" and Manny's Patches.
Rookie of the (1st Half of) the Year: We all know Okie is the obvious answer. But Danny Mac likes to go against the grain. I'm giving it to Dustin Pedroia. He's another one of those "guys we've been hearing about for the last few years but have never actually seen him play." Sure he made a couple of appearances last year as a pinch runner, but until this year we only he he was one of our top prospects.
He struggled through April to the point where everyone wanted Alex Cora as our everyday 2nd baseman. But Tito wouldn't quit on DP and now he's become a favorite in Red Sox Nation.
.310 avg, .393 OBP, 21 doubles, 37 runs, 26 RBI. Not to mention near flawless glovework in the field, plus my favorite quote of the season thus far: (concerning A-Rod's cheap shot slide into 2nd) "That's fine if that's how he wants to play I'll just remember that next time he's coming in my arm slot hits the floor."
5'9", 180 lbs., and 0 ounces of fear. Gotta love Pedroia.
The Rem-Dawg Award: Have to recognize Jerry Remy here for his greatest broadcasting moment. I am going with everything involving the taping of "Sox Appeal", the new NESN dating show where people go to dates at Fenway. Basically they show the people on their date while Remy provides great insight like "yea, this girl has no interest in this guy at all, she's totally bored" and "the best way to get a girl is to ask her 'How you doin'". I tried the "how you doin" on a booze cruise a couple months ago. Remy's onto something good there.
Manny being Manny Award: Oh Manny. Is there a more entertaining guy in sports than Manny Ramirez? We could list all of his Manny moments, but I think there's a word limit to this blog space so I'll just let you reminisce on your own.
Surprisingly Manny has only had like 311 Manny moments so far this year. The over/under was 560.5. Maybe Manny is finally learning how to be a normal human being. Well you know, except for the strangely homoerotic relationship with Julian Tavarez that includes head-rubbing in the dugout.
Speaking of Tavarez...
The Tim Wakefield Most Underrated Performer: Named after the most underrated Sox player of my lifetime. Everytime you look at the pitching probables and see Tavarez for the Sox, you kinda think "Son of a %$!&". But Julian has done a hell of a job this year. He's stayed with Halladay twice, and had the Sox in prime position to beat Johan Santana early in the year. For a guy that is basically just holding Jon Lester's spot in the rotation, Tavarez done a damn good job. Because of him there is no reason to rush Lester back up to Boston. Tavarez hasn't received enough credit for the job he's done. Plus, he's kept Manny happy and there's no way in hell to give him enough credit for that. I still say he's packaged with WMP at the deadline for another bullpen arm.
Honorable mention goes to Mike Lowell who isn't talked about nearly enough as he should be.
Biggest Disappointment: No I will not be doing any Lugo bashing. He's going to have a great second half (see predictions below). This space is for J.D. Drew. $14 mil a year. And he sucks. I'm not even bringing up stats because I'll just get upset. Can we PLEASE just turn WMP into the everyday right-fielder??? For the love of GOD please just do me this favor Tito. He's a freakin Monster and there is no way in hell he can do worse than Drew. Just have Coco play like 20 steps over towards rightfield to help protect WMP some. Coco has proven he has the speed to cover all that area. JUST MAKE WMP THE STARTER. DREW IS USELESS!!!
OK I'm done now.
Cy Young: 12-2, 3.44 ERA, 92 K's, and that includes 15 days on the DL. You could easily add 1-2 more wins plus another 10-25 K's if he was healthy all year.
Josh Beckett has finally found his stuff. He became a household name for Sox fans back in 2003 when he shut down the Yanks in the World Series. Then he came to Boston as a known Yankee-killer. Disappointed us all in 2006, but has definitely found his groove in 2007. Does any team really want to see Beckett in October? Didn't think so.
MVP: .323 avg, .911 OPS (.416 OBP), 46 RBI, 51 runs, 1 wicked bad ass goatee. I'm talkin about Wily M...OK fine I mean Youkilis. What can you say about this guy. He's been awesome. Papi and Manny are just now hitting their strides, yet we're sitting 10 games ahead of NY. The bulk of the credit is going to the pitching, which is very well-deserved by all means. But where's Youk's credit? He has been flawless in the field. He's been clutch at the plate. He's been a leader. Congrats Youk, we'll be sending your TSH 1st Half MVP Award ASAP. (Editor's note: The MVP trophy is just an empty box of Keystone with a picture glued to the side of me and Greech holding a sign that says MVP.)
Lifetime Red Sox Nation Member Award: Totally contrived award that I'm making up on the spot. I just feel that this guy needs recognition and here's how I do it. Gotta love that I am my own editor and can make shit up as I go.
At the end of the year, the Sox are going to have a tough choice to make. Do they re-sign Mike Lowell. Personally I say hell yes. But I understand how everything works and there's a 99% chance that he leaves Boston after the season. Well I am offering the Lifetime RSN Member Award to Mike Lowell. He's been the ultimate professional. He has been unreal since coming over with Beckett last year. Excellent defense. Extremely clutch at the plate. Here's to Mike Lowell who will always have a special place in the hearts of Sox fans everywhere. Well unless the Yanks end up signing him and then this award becomes the "Screw You, You Goddamn Sell-Out Award".
2nd Half Predictions: These will be quick.
-Manny and Papi break out. Wicked obvious, and it's already starting to happen. It just feels nice to make an obvious prediction to boost my correct predictions %.
-WMP and Tavarez go in a package deal. With Lester waiting in the wings, and the arrival of Eric Hinske as a great bench option, I say deal these 2 while they're stock is still relatively high. And yea I know Pena has been awful. But he's still 25 and can be dealt on potential alone. You'll see.
-Drew goes down for an extended time period and we bring back Brian Daubach to be the everyday RF. Yea that's not gonna happen, but now you're all thinking, what ever happened to Daubach. He always came through with 2 straight weeks of hitting .800 with 10 homers, then tailed off. I still say Drew goes down though.
-Lugo hits .320 for the second half. He's coming alive as we speak. Just wait. By the end of August we will all have completely forgotten about his .190 first half average. You'll see.
-Boston takes the AL East by 5-7. Yea I know. A little too early to call it, even though it's obvious it's happening. The Yanks don't have enough to take the East (although they will make a late season September run at it), but they will take the Wild Card. We'll be seeing another Boston/NY playoff series come October, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
There's your midseason awards from Danny Mac. Now I just hope Greech can pull himself off the couch away from the "24 Marathons" we've been hearing about.
Feel free to throw in your own Mid Year Awards or 2nd half predictions or Greech-bashing comments at thesportshub@blogspot.com.
Happy now Sean?
Thursday, July 12, 2007
TSH All Starz
Greech
Well guys, its official the winner of the American League will now enjoy home field advantage in the 2007 World Series. Which is good news, say, if your favorite team has a huge lead in the division, and are one of the best teams in baseball, and have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, you know, if that happen to be the case….. The game this year was actually pretty entertaining, minus the mindless dribble of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, I can’t stand those guys. Listenting to Joe Buck and TimMcCarver announce an allstar game is sort of like listening to Sean talk about his ex girlfriend, they make absolutely no sense, babble on about nothing, its completely and utterly excruciation, and it always ends with them in the fetal position crying, and for some reason I always end up feeling bad for them. But like I said, other than that it was a great game. Five of the six Red Sox selected to the team got a chance to play, only Oki didn’t get a chance to get in the game, although he looked pretty unhittable while warming up next to Santana, too bad.
And While I agree with Danno about the pre game ceremony honoring Willy Mays, I’m wondering where this is all heading. When Boston brought Ted Williams out on to the field in 1999, I got chills, not so much this past Tuesday. Ted was on his last legs, he could hardly walk or see. People still talk about that night, the way players were huddled around him like they were little leaguers. It just didn’t seem the same to me with Mays, not to mention the seeing Bonds following him a few steps behind seemed to slightly tarnish the moment, at least for me.. Last year it was Willy Stargell in Pittsburgh, next year the games in New York, so they bring out one of there old timers, then say the games in Chicago and they bring out Ernie Banks, then the games in San Diego, so they bring out Tony Gywnn? Maybe I just like to watch baseball games without all the shows and frills, or maybe it was just different in 1999, I was only 15 years old and probably thought McGwire got so big drinking lots of milk…
Anways guys, Danny and I were really putting in a lot of hours trying to put together something for a mid-season baseball report, I swear. If you add up all the hours that we drunkenly talked about actually sitting down for a few hours and doing it, we spent a good chunk of time. Unfortunately, nothing ever got down on paper. Luckily, we aren’t just the two main contributors to TSH, we are the head editors, co-founders and main investors, so we gave ourselves an extension, probably till around the trade deadline, so hold your horses.
Other than that, things here at TSH are going great. We have both been really busy at work the past few weeks (Danny doesn’t do shit), and other obligations (we live at home, we have no obligations),so sorry for the lack of posts. Actually one of my main and only concerns these days is that while I’m busy at work, Danny or Conboy might take it upon themselves to set up a fantasy football league before someone else has the chance to do. I’m sorry, but I just can’t let that happen, not to me, and not to anyone I care about or call a friend. If it does feel free to direct any and all complains towards me…at TheSportsHub@gmail.com We’d love to here from you, guys, I just deleted all of our tens and tens of emails in our mail box, so we should have enough room for a more than a few. As always, thanks for reading guys, keep it real. PEACE.
Well guys, its official the winner of the American League will now enjoy home field advantage in the 2007 World Series. Which is good news, say, if your favorite team has a huge lead in the division, and are one of the best teams in baseball, and have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, you know, if that happen to be the case….. The game this year was actually pretty entertaining, minus the mindless dribble of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, I can’t stand those guys. Listenting to Joe Buck and TimMcCarver announce an allstar game is sort of like listening to Sean talk about his ex girlfriend, they make absolutely no sense, babble on about nothing, its completely and utterly excruciation, and it always ends with them in the fetal position crying, and for some reason I always end up feeling bad for them. But like I said, other than that it was a great game. Five of the six Red Sox selected to the team got a chance to play, only Oki didn’t get a chance to get in the game, although he looked pretty unhittable while warming up next to Santana, too bad.
And While I agree with Danno about the pre game ceremony honoring Willy Mays, I’m wondering where this is all heading. When Boston brought Ted Williams out on to the field in 1999, I got chills, not so much this past Tuesday. Ted was on his last legs, he could hardly walk or see. People still talk about that night, the way players were huddled around him like they were little leaguers. It just didn’t seem the same to me with Mays, not to mention the seeing Bonds following him a few steps behind seemed to slightly tarnish the moment, at least for me.. Last year it was Willy Stargell in Pittsburgh, next year the games in New York, so they bring out one of there old timers, then say the games in Chicago and they bring out Ernie Banks, then the games in San Diego, so they bring out Tony Gywnn? Maybe I just like to watch baseball games without all the shows and frills, or maybe it was just different in 1999, I was only 15 years old and probably thought McGwire got so big drinking lots of milk…
Anways guys, Danny and I were really putting in a lot of hours trying to put together something for a mid-season baseball report, I swear. If you add up all the hours that we drunkenly talked about actually sitting down for a few hours and doing it, we spent a good chunk of time. Unfortunately, nothing ever got down on paper. Luckily, we aren’t just the two main contributors to TSH, we are the head editors, co-founders and main investors, so we gave ourselves an extension, probably till around the trade deadline, so hold your horses.
Other than that, things here at TSH are going great. We have both been really busy at work the past few weeks (Danny doesn’t do shit), and other obligations (we live at home, we have no obligations),so sorry for the lack of posts. Actually one of my main and only concerns these days is that while I’m busy at work, Danny or Conboy might take it upon themselves to set up a fantasy football league before someone else has the chance to do. I’m sorry, but I just can’t let that happen, not to me, and not to anyone I care about or call a friend. If it does feel free to direct any and all complains towards me…at TheSportsHub@gmail.com We’d love to here from you, guys, I just deleted all of our tens and tens of emails in our mail box, so we should have enough room for a more than a few. As always, thanks for reading guys, keep it real. PEACE.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The "Say Hey" Kid
Wow I never thought I would watch a moment again that could even be mentioned in the same breath as Ted Williams on the field before the 1999 All-Star Game. But MLB managed to pull off something comparable.
If you missed the All-Star Game opening ceremony with Willie Mays, do yourself a favor and find the video online. Amazing. I still have chills. And speaking of Teddy Ballgame, Mays was introduced with a quote from Ted; "The All-Star Game was created for Willie Mays." Doesn't get much cooler than that
It started with Willie coming out of the centerfield gate while a picture of "The Catch" was presented in a wall bigger than a movie screen. Willie walked towards the infield with Barry Bonds right behind him, followed by the rest of the '07 All Stars. They actually did the ceremonial first pitch as a throw from centerfield from Willie Mays. Serious chills. Imagine being Jose Reyes and having the chance to catch that throw. Reyes then had Willie sign the ball for him. What a souvenir that is.
Then they had Willie ride around the field in a pink cadillac tossing balls into the crowd. I'm almost tearing up just re-living this through print. What a moment. Kudos to Bud Selig and MLB.
If you missed the All-Star Game opening ceremony with Willie Mays, do yourself a favor and find the video online. Amazing. I still have chills. And speaking of Teddy Ballgame, Mays was introduced with a quote from Ted; "The All-Star Game was created for Willie Mays." Doesn't get much cooler than that
It started with Willie coming out of the centerfield gate while a picture of "The Catch" was presented in a wall bigger than a movie screen. Willie walked towards the infield with Barry Bonds right behind him, followed by the rest of the '07 All Stars. They actually did the ceremonial first pitch as a throw from centerfield from Willie Mays. Serious chills. Imagine being Jose Reyes and having the chance to catch that throw. Reyes then had Willie sign the ball for him. What a souvenir that is.
Then they had Willie ride around the field in a pink cadillac tossing balls into the crowd. I'm almost tearing up just re-living this through print. What a moment. Kudos to Bud Selig and MLB.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Back Back Back Back...(25 more times)
And we're LIVE from the Palace of Danny Mac('s Mom and Dad). It's time for the Home Run Derby. I'm picking my boy Prince Fielder to win this just to rub it in that this is the first year I didn't draft him in Fantasy and he's suddenly busted out. 29 HR heading into the break, just 1 behind A-Rod. The last two years while on my Fantasy team I think he combined for 15 HR and 382 strikeouts. No hard feelings though.
Let's get it goin...
8:00 The Derby kicks off with the Counting Crows singing on the field. Apparently I just jumped back about 12 years and I'm at a Middle School dance. Counting Crows? Are you kidding me??
8:06 "From the St. Louis Cardinals...Albert 'Winnie the' Pujols." Thank you Boomer. I forgot how annoying you could be.
8:10 Boomer introduces Willie McCovey. The guy hit 527 HR and was considered one of the most feared hitters of his era. Sadly the only thing people know him for is having a body of water outside of a ballpark named after him. I wonder how long it will be before they rename it Bonds Bay.
8:11 How the hell does Joe Morgan keep getting invited to things?? No one has realized he is absolutely clueless?? I'd love to see Morgan vs. Kruk in a debate just for the sake of curiosity. Kruk would predict Dan Haren to win 47 games in one season and Morgan would just keep repeating that winning is important to a ballclub.
8:13 Kenny Mayne is in a kayak in McCovey Cove with a mic and a helmet cam. This will be hysterical. No doubt this guy is the most entertaining ESPN anchor in history. On a quick side note, I read today that Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN.
8:15 Berman, Dusty Baker, and Joe Morgan are the announcers. I'm speechless...Kenny Mayne needs to save this thing.
ROUND 1:
8:19 "Back back back back back back back back GONE." First one of many tonight. I just had an aneurysm. Morneau just got on the board with one to right-center.
8:23 A weak 4 from Morneau. His night is over.
8:27 Mark it on your calendars folks: David Beckham arrives July 21. I can't even tell you the level of excitement I am at. This may be the most anticipated moment in American sports history. WOOOOOO! Feeling good about that one.
8:29 Karl Ravech: "Let's go back to Chris Berman"
DAMMIT KARL WHY?????
8:32 Matt Holliday put on a show early. Longest bomb was 462. Buuuuut he only finished with 5. He's done too.
8:37 Barry Bonds interview with Peter Gammons. They talk about Hank Aaron and Bud Selig choosing not to attend the game when Bonds will break 755. Bonds says he has no problem with Aaron missing and in so many words tells Selig to screw. You know something I agree with Barry here. This is going to be one of, if not the biggest moments in sports history. Selig absolutely should be there. Good job Barry, way to put the Commish in his place. Meanwhile, Magglio Ordonez just choked and ended with 2. So long Maggs. Looks like Holliday might actually have a shot at round 2 after all. And I'm happy with that, he was putting on a show when he started out.
8:45 "The Bronx is Burning" debuts tonight at 10pm. I might give that a shot. Can't wait til 2027 when they do a mini-series on the 2007 Yankees where Vin Diesel plays A-Rod and Chyna plays his mistress. Pujols is up. This should be a clinic.
8:49 Speaking of A-Rod he's now commentating. Fantastic. I wish Remy was one of the announces for this because you KNOW he would ask A-Rod how it felt to throw a slap at Bronson Arroyo, then 2 years later try to be a tough guy by trying to take out Pedroia, a guy 1/3 his size, with an elbow at 2nd base.
8:50 "Winnie the" Pujols finishes with 4. This has been a pretty lackluster Derby. Someone needs to step up and do some damage. Where's Wily Mo when you need him?
8:58 They just showed Bonds and A-Rod hanging out laughing. That musta been a great conversation. I can hear them trading "no way dude they hate me way more than you" stories. Maybe something like:
Bonds: Dude, come on. Steroids. You're an amateur.
A-Rod: Bro, I ran to first base and slapped a guy on the wrist to knock the ball out of his hand during an ALCS game.
Bonds: Yea, but steroids, man. No contest.
A-Rod: I got caught cheating on my wife with a chick that has the same build as you did at the peak of your 'roids cycle.
Bonds: Touche.
9:02 Wow, I missed most of Rios and he finished tied with Holliday for the lead at 5. This is way too uneventful. Prince is stepping into the box now. Here comes a show. Heads up kayakers, Fielder is on a mission to piss me off more and more for not landing him on my Fantasy team. I know none of these HR's count for anything, but I am fully convinced Prince is out to break my heart every chance he gets.
9:05 This always bothers me. If you were one of the kids in the outfield during the Derby wouldn't you be laying out for everything? This is your one chance to get some serious TV time. I would be going after everything. Put me in the outfield for the 2008 Derby I guarantee I could end up getting signed by the Devil Rays.
9:07 "I really like your friend." It had to be said. Also, just a quick side note. It is after 9pm on a Monday night and I am not even the least bit tempted to turn the channel to Monday Night Raw. 2 weeks and counting with no wrestling. I feel like a new man. And while I was pointing that out, Fielder just put one into the Cove and caused a guy to flip over. I'm remembering a certain Sports Hub author flipping a canoe up in Maine a couple weeks ago. Hint: it wasn't me. No seriously it wasn't.
9:10 Great, Prince continues his mission to screw me over by finishing the 1st round with 3 HR, all but guaranteeing that he's done for the night. I swear to God this guy's sole purpose in life is to make me look like an ass. If I ever see him in person you can bet every dollar you have that I will be throwing him in the Cobra Clutch.
9:12 Vlad is in the box. Please for the love of everything that is holy hit more than 5 HR. This is getting absolutely ridiculous.
9:14 David Ortiz brings Vlad a case with another bat. Is there a cooler guy on the planet than Big Papi?? Vlad finishes with 5. Round 2 as of right now is Vlad, Holliday, and Rios. Ryan Howard steps up next.
9:20 Seems like a good time to bring this up. I read an article at ESPN.com today about how to improve the HR Derby. Let's focus on the aluminum bat idea brought up by David Wright because that is absolutely brilliant. Imagine putting a metal bat in Vlad's hands? I feel like he would rattle of enough HRs to break Bonds' single season record of 73 in one round. His average distance would be about 617 feet. The only drawback is that they Derby would take a lot longer because they would have to bring in paramedics to remove at least 10 dead bodies from the bleachers with cause of death "Vlad Guerrero Liner."
9:29 Howard finishes the 1st round with 3. So long defending champ. Thanks for making the trip. I'm hereby starting a petition to hold the HR Derby at Coors Field next year. I don't care where the All-Star game is, please move the Derby to Coors. If I have to watch a 1st round like this again I might snap. Tie-breaker coming up between Morneau and Pujols for the final spot in the 2nd round. 5 swings each.
9:32 Morneau just almost killed an 8 year old who wasn't paying attention in right field. As sick as this is, that easily would have been the highlight of the night. Morneau finishes with 1. No doubt Pujols beats this.
9:34 2 swings from Albert and Morneau gets sent packing. The last one from "Winnie the" went 469 feet. WMP coulda hit one further than that, no doubt.
9:41 I'd like to re-think something I said earlier. Kenny Mayne is equally as cool as Big Papi. He's the only one though. Round 2 starts with Holliday.
9:44 Holliday just hit one 475 ft. I'll admit it, I thought the only reason people thought he was good was because he played in Colorado at Coors. I was wrong this guy has some serious pop. Also, Dusty Baker just asked Berman why he didn't do the "back back back...(12 more times)" thing for one of Holliday's HRs. Dusty, why the hell would you encourage him?? Aaaaaand Holliday just put one out of the stadium. WOW.
9:48 Holliday puts up 8 in the 2nd round. Finally, someone does something interesting. 5 HR over 450 ft tonight for Holliday. I have to say, he is the last one of this group I would have picked to win this thing, but the way he is swinging he's gonna be tough to beat. Here comes Rios for his 2nd turn.
9:58 I completely stopped paying attention for 10 minutes and missed the most exciting part of the Derby Rios just rattled off 12 HR. Perfect. I space out for 10 minutes and miss the highlight of the Derby so far. Unless Vlad goes crazy it looks like the 2 least likely competitors will be the finalists. Unreal.
10:14 Vlad has been on a roll with 3 outs left. He needs one to force a tie-breaker for the finals. AND VLAD TIES IT UP!!
10:15 Vlad just destroyed one. He almost hit the giant glove in deep left. 503 feet. Unbelievable. So long Matt Holliday. You can't be upset about this. You knew Vlad had to do something special as soon as Papi gave him the special bat. This proves once again. Ortiz is all that is man.
10:22 They check in with Kenny Mayne. He's out of the water. I have to say this is the biggest disappointment of the night. Kenny Mayne in McCovey Cove had potential to be the most entertaining 2+ hours in television history. So in the last 2 years ESPN has blown this night, fired Harold Reynolds and given John Kruk free reign, hired Fernando Vina and Tino Martinez, and allowed Joe Morgan to stay on tv. ESPN needs to hire a new Program Manager. They need to re-do Dream Job and hire a whole new cast, but keep the guy that does the Johnny Drama "VICTORY" chant on walk-off homers.
10:33 Pujols just put on a show. Rattled off 9 HR, not quite enough to advance. Definitely brought the crowd back into it though. Guerrero vs. Rios in the finals. Not exactly Balboa vs. Creed II, but should be interesting. I actually expect this to be like Drago vs. Creed. Guerrero needs to absolutely dominate this thing. If the last 4 Derby winners end up being Garrett Anderson, Bobby Abreu, Ryan Howard (wasn't quite a superstar when he won, but was on the cusp) and Alex Rios they need to seriously look into the metal bats idea.
10:40 That song by Dropkick Murphy's from The Departed is playing in the background. Apparently in the finals you have to face Papelbon. Good luck boys you're not even getting the ball outta the infield if thats the case. (Can someone please tell me the name of that song?)
10:42 Just when you thought this Derby couldn't get any worse, they're doing an interview with Vlad in Spanish with the interviewer acting as translator as well. Guys, either splurge the extra cash for an actual translator or interview someone else. That was ridiculous.
10:45 Rios puts up 2 HR in the finals. Pretty sure Vlad is a lock at this point. Thankfully this year the winner is finally a guy thats one of the 5 best players in the game. If we had a Garrett Anderson repeat with Rios winning I was gonna start looking into MLS. I hear David Beckham arrives July 21. Save the date boys and girls.
10:51 I think they should handicap Vlad to make it interesting. He only gets 5 outs, has to swing with his hands in a reverse grip, and only balls that land in the Cove count.
10:53 Vlad's posse if 8 Dominican teens mob him at the plate when he ties Rios. Here comes a torn bicep for Vlad just to complete the full jinx. Apparently the posse is his brothers.
10:56 Vlad wraps this thing up with a shot to left field. He does the patented Manny "hit the ball, drop the bat, drop your head and walk away" move. Ballgame.
Alright the Derby is out of the way, and the All-Star game is coming Tuesday night. Me and Greech promised a midyear review of the Sox and it WILL happen. It's just a matter of when. Hopefully we'll get together and get this thing done. We had some preliminary discussions about it, it's just a matter of getting it in writing. Stay tuned, and as always feel free to say what up at thesportshub@blogspot.com.
Let's get it goin...
8:00 The Derby kicks off with the Counting Crows singing on the field. Apparently I just jumped back about 12 years and I'm at a Middle School dance. Counting Crows? Are you kidding me??
8:06 "From the St. Louis Cardinals...Albert 'Winnie the' Pujols." Thank you Boomer. I forgot how annoying you could be.
8:10 Boomer introduces Willie McCovey. The guy hit 527 HR and was considered one of the most feared hitters of his era. Sadly the only thing people know him for is having a body of water outside of a ballpark named after him. I wonder how long it will be before they rename it Bonds Bay.
8:11 How the hell does Joe Morgan keep getting invited to things?? No one has realized he is absolutely clueless?? I'd love to see Morgan vs. Kruk in a debate just for the sake of curiosity. Kruk would predict Dan Haren to win 47 games in one season and Morgan would just keep repeating that winning is important to a ballclub.
8:13 Kenny Mayne is in a kayak in McCovey Cove with a mic and a helmet cam. This will be hysterical. No doubt this guy is the most entertaining ESPN anchor in history. On a quick side note, I read today that Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN.
8:15 Berman, Dusty Baker, and Joe Morgan are the announcers. I'm speechless...Kenny Mayne needs to save this thing.
ROUND 1:
8:19 "Back back back back back back back back GONE." First one of many tonight. I just had an aneurysm. Morneau just got on the board with one to right-center.
8:23 A weak 4 from Morneau. His night is over.
8:27 Mark it on your calendars folks: David Beckham arrives July 21. I can't even tell you the level of excitement I am at. This may be the most anticipated moment in American sports history. WOOOOOO! Feeling good about that one.
8:29 Karl Ravech: "Let's go back to Chris Berman"
DAMMIT KARL WHY?????
8:32 Matt Holliday put on a show early. Longest bomb was 462. Buuuuut he only finished with 5. He's done too.
8:37 Barry Bonds interview with Peter Gammons. They talk about Hank Aaron and Bud Selig choosing not to attend the game when Bonds will break 755. Bonds says he has no problem with Aaron missing and in so many words tells Selig to screw. You know something I agree with Barry here. This is going to be one of, if not the biggest moments in sports history. Selig absolutely should be there. Good job Barry, way to put the Commish in his place. Meanwhile, Magglio Ordonez just choked and ended with 2. So long Maggs. Looks like Holliday might actually have a shot at round 2 after all. And I'm happy with that, he was putting on a show when he started out.
8:45 "The Bronx is Burning" debuts tonight at 10pm. I might give that a shot. Can't wait til 2027 when they do a mini-series on the 2007 Yankees where Vin Diesel plays A-Rod and Chyna plays his mistress. Pujols is up. This should be a clinic.
8:49 Speaking of A-Rod he's now commentating. Fantastic. I wish Remy was one of the announces for this because you KNOW he would ask A-Rod how it felt to throw a slap at Bronson Arroyo, then 2 years later try to be a tough guy by trying to take out Pedroia, a guy 1/3 his size, with an elbow at 2nd base.
8:50 "Winnie the" Pujols finishes with 4. This has been a pretty lackluster Derby. Someone needs to step up and do some damage. Where's Wily Mo when you need him?
8:58 They just showed Bonds and A-Rod hanging out laughing. That musta been a great conversation. I can hear them trading "no way dude they hate me way more than you" stories. Maybe something like:
Bonds: Dude, come on. Steroids. You're an amateur.
A-Rod: Bro, I ran to first base and slapped a guy on the wrist to knock the ball out of his hand during an ALCS game.
Bonds: Yea, but steroids, man. No contest.
A-Rod: I got caught cheating on my wife with a chick that has the same build as you did at the peak of your 'roids cycle.
Bonds: Touche.
9:02 Wow, I missed most of Rios and he finished tied with Holliday for the lead at 5. This is way too uneventful. Prince is stepping into the box now. Here comes a show. Heads up kayakers, Fielder is on a mission to piss me off more and more for not landing him on my Fantasy team. I know none of these HR's count for anything, but I am fully convinced Prince is out to break my heart every chance he gets.
9:05 This always bothers me. If you were one of the kids in the outfield during the Derby wouldn't you be laying out for everything? This is your one chance to get some serious TV time. I would be going after everything. Put me in the outfield for the 2008 Derby I guarantee I could end up getting signed by the Devil Rays.
9:07 "I really like your friend." It had to be said. Also, just a quick side note. It is after 9pm on a Monday night and I am not even the least bit tempted to turn the channel to Monday Night Raw. 2 weeks and counting with no wrestling. I feel like a new man. And while I was pointing that out, Fielder just put one into the Cove and caused a guy to flip over. I'm remembering a certain Sports Hub author flipping a canoe up in Maine a couple weeks ago. Hint: it wasn't me. No seriously it wasn't.
9:10 Great, Prince continues his mission to screw me over by finishing the 1st round with 3 HR, all but guaranteeing that he's done for the night. I swear to God this guy's sole purpose in life is to make me look like an ass. If I ever see him in person you can bet every dollar you have that I will be throwing him in the Cobra Clutch.
9:12 Vlad is in the box. Please for the love of everything that is holy hit more than 5 HR. This is getting absolutely ridiculous.
9:14 David Ortiz brings Vlad a case with another bat. Is there a cooler guy on the planet than Big Papi?? Vlad finishes with 5. Round 2 as of right now is Vlad, Holliday, and Rios. Ryan Howard steps up next.
9:20 Seems like a good time to bring this up. I read an article at ESPN.com today about how to improve the HR Derby. Let's focus on the aluminum bat idea brought up by David Wright because that is absolutely brilliant. Imagine putting a metal bat in Vlad's hands? I feel like he would rattle of enough HRs to break Bonds' single season record of 73 in one round. His average distance would be about 617 feet. The only drawback is that they Derby would take a lot longer because they would have to bring in paramedics to remove at least 10 dead bodies from the bleachers with cause of death "Vlad Guerrero Liner."
9:29 Howard finishes the 1st round with 3. So long defending champ. Thanks for making the trip. I'm hereby starting a petition to hold the HR Derby at Coors Field next year. I don't care where the All-Star game is, please move the Derby to Coors. If I have to watch a 1st round like this again I might snap. Tie-breaker coming up between Morneau and Pujols for the final spot in the 2nd round. 5 swings each.
9:32 Morneau just almost killed an 8 year old who wasn't paying attention in right field. As sick as this is, that easily would have been the highlight of the night. Morneau finishes with 1. No doubt Pujols beats this.
9:34 2 swings from Albert and Morneau gets sent packing. The last one from "Winnie the" went 469 feet. WMP coulda hit one further than that, no doubt.
9:41 I'd like to re-think something I said earlier. Kenny Mayne is equally as cool as Big Papi. He's the only one though. Round 2 starts with Holliday.
9:44 Holliday just hit one 475 ft. I'll admit it, I thought the only reason people thought he was good was because he played in Colorado at Coors. I was wrong this guy has some serious pop. Also, Dusty Baker just asked Berman why he didn't do the "back back back...(12 more times)" thing for one of Holliday's HRs. Dusty, why the hell would you encourage him?? Aaaaaand Holliday just put one out of the stadium. WOW.
9:48 Holliday puts up 8 in the 2nd round. Finally, someone does something interesting. 5 HR over 450 ft tonight for Holliday. I have to say, he is the last one of this group I would have picked to win this thing, but the way he is swinging he's gonna be tough to beat. Here comes Rios for his 2nd turn.
9:58 I completely stopped paying attention for 10 minutes and missed the most exciting part of the Derby Rios just rattled off 12 HR. Perfect. I space out for 10 minutes and miss the highlight of the Derby so far. Unless Vlad goes crazy it looks like the 2 least likely competitors will be the finalists. Unreal.
10:14 Vlad has been on a roll with 3 outs left. He needs one to force a tie-breaker for the finals. AND VLAD TIES IT UP!!
10:15 Vlad just destroyed one. He almost hit the giant glove in deep left. 503 feet. Unbelievable. So long Matt Holliday. You can't be upset about this. You knew Vlad had to do something special as soon as Papi gave him the special bat. This proves once again. Ortiz is all that is man.
10:22 They check in with Kenny Mayne. He's out of the water. I have to say this is the biggest disappointment of the night. Kenny Mayne in McCovey Cove had potential to be the most entertaining 2+ hours in television history. So in the last 2 years ESPN has blown this night, fired Harold Reynolds and given John Kruk free reign, hired Fernando Vina and Tino Martinez, and allowed Joe Morgan to stay on tv. ESPN needs to hire a new Program Manager. They need to re-do Dream Job and hire a whole new cast, but keep the guy that does the Johnny Drama "VICTORY" chant on walk-off homers.
10:33 Pujols just put on a show. Rattled off 9 HR, not quite enough to advance. Definitely brought the crowd back into it though. Guerrero vs. Rios in the finals. Not exactly Balboa vs. Creed II, but should be interesting. I actually expect this to be like Drago vs. Creed. Guerrero needs to absolutely dominate this thing. If the last 4 Derby winners end up being Garrett Anderson, Bobby Abreu, Ryan Howard (wasn't quite a superstar when he won, but was on the cusp) and Alex Rios they need to seriously look into the metal bats idea.
10:40 That song by Dropkick Murphy's from The Departed is playing in the background. Apparently in the finals you have to face Papelbon. Good luck boys you're not even getting the ball outta the infield if thats the case. (Can someone please tell me the name of that song?)
10:42 Just when you thought this Derby couldn't get any worse, they're doing an interview with Vlad in Spanish with the interviewer acting as translator as well. Guys, either splurge the extra cash for an actual translator or interview someone else. That was ridiculous.
10:45 Rios puts up 2 HR in the finals. Pretty sure Vlad is a lock at this point. Thankfully this year the winner is finally a guy thats one of the 5 best players in the game. If we had a Garrett Anderson repeat with Rios winning I was gonna start looking into MLS. I hear David Beckham arrives July 21. Save the date boys and girls.
10:51 I think they should handicap Vlad to make it interesting. He only gets 5 outs, has to swing with his hands in a reverse grip, and only balls that land in the Cove count.
10:53 Vlad's posse if 8 Dominican teens mob him at the plate when he ties Rios. Here comes a torn bicep for Vlad just to complete the full jinx. Apparently the posse is his brothers.
10:56 Vlad wraps this thing up with a shot to left field. He does the patented Manny "hit the ball, drop the bat, drop your head and walk away" move. Ballgame.
Alright the Derby is out of the way, and the All-Star game is coming Tuesday night. Me and Greech promised a midyear review of the Sox and it WILL happen. It's just a matter of when. Hopefully we'll get together and get this thing done. We had some preliminary discussions about it, it's just a matter of getting it in writing. Stay tuned, and as always feel free to say what up at thesportshub@blogspot.com.
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