Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Joe Morgan and Jon Miller are awful. Jon Miller used to be good but I think being paired with Morgan for so long has sucked the talent out of him. For instance - when Johnny Damon hit a triple for his third hit of the night (in addition to a double and HR) - it took them a full inning to mention Damon was a single away from hitting for the cycle. Red Sox fans were aware of that as soon as they saw Damon on third base the inning before... The sins associated with playing cards are nothing new. The Synod of 1404 forbade card-playing by the clery and in 1423 Saint Bernard called for the faithful to go home get their playing cards and burn them right in the public square outside Saint Peter's... Another thing that Miller and Morgan overlooked - no mention of the fact that Doug Mirabelli went on the DL May 20th and in the 4 starts since then Tim Wakefield gave up 21 earned runs while failing to make it into the 6th inning in any of the 4 starts. Clearly Wakefield missed his batterymate. It wasn't until Wakefield was interviewed that this was brought up... I wonder if members of the clergy are still forbidden from playing cards?... Alex Rodriguez leads the AL in HR and RBI - just sayin' but A-Rod lead the league in HR 3 times (2001-2003) and each time his team finished last in his division. A-Rod was playing for Texas at the time and the AL West has just 4 teams. That meant last in the division also meant 4th in the division. Currently the Yankees are 4th in their division. Just sayin'.