Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
For the most part - I only like trade rumors when I'm the one who starts them. This one has Mike Lowell involved in a three-way trade. It'll will never happen - too many holes. My guess is that not only isn't Mike Lowell traded - I'm guessing the Red Sox sign him to an extension (one year deal with an option). When you look at who is available in the farm system or via free agency then you understand why signing Lowell should be a priority for the Red Sox... It has to be said - but why wasn't Byron Houston charged with car jacking?... Its strange that the Red Sox win 10-2 over the Giants even though 8 of their 9 hits came from JD Drew (3 hits) batting first in the order and Dustin Pedroia (5 hits) batting second... Today is Phil Michelson's 37th birthday. I wonder if it being his birthday will affect his play at the US Open at all? Oh that's right - Lefty missed the cut... I just love this. I think its really funny... Today is also Calvin Schiraldi's 45th birthday. Two things I did not realize bout Schiraldi until looking at his Baseball-reference.com page - 1. he came to the Red Sox from the Mets and I think that may help explain his performance in the 1986 World Series and 2. he only made $1.2 million in his entire career. Its hard to hold a grudge against a guy who made 4 times less in his career than what Joel Pineiro will make this year... Is it just me or does this tennis player look like he's enjoying his "icing down" just a little too much?...
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Interesting turn in the BALCO case. Troy Ellerman, the attorney who leaked the BALCO grand jury testimony, had a plea bargain that would have seen him serve 15-24 months in jail thrown out by the judge who wants a harsher punishment for Ellerman. Even the plea bargain would have seen Ellerman spend more time in jail than all of the BALCO defendants combined... The Red Sox lead in the AL East has been cut to "just" 7.5 games over the red-hot Yankees. With all the concern over how hot the Yankees are and how cold the Red Sox bats have been - it is easy to lose track of the facts that the Red Sox still have the best record in all of baseball and that the 7.5 game lead is the largest advantage in any of the divisions.... This is a disturbing story. What was it about that intersection that got Houston so aroused? This happened around rush hour. I hope that there were no playgrounds or schools in the area. Oklahoma State must be really proud of their all-time leading scorer... My wife loves camping (me not so much). She actually keeps an empty egg carton on top of the dryer and she stuffs the lint from the dryer into the egg spaces. She does this because the "eggs" of lint make excellent fire-starters to get the kindling going on a camp fire... Bill Mueller has been named interim hitting coach for the Dodgers - taking over for the fired Eddie Murray. I'm not the greatest writer by any stretch but I had to chuckle at this sentence from the story. "Mueller said the first thing he wants to do is build an individual rapport with each player individually." Is that as opposed to building an individual rapport with each player as a group?... At one time Jeremy Reed was supposed to be the next great thing in CF for the Mariners. The same was true of Brian Anderson for the White Sox. Both were pretty much busts but at 25-years old each - it is too early to give up on either player. Maybe the Mariners and White Sox should just swap Reed for Anderson and hope tha a change of scenery is all these two young players need...
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Interesting turn in the BALCO case. Troy Ellerman, the attorney who leaked the BALCO grand jury testimony, had a plea bargain that would have seen him serve 15-24 months in jail thrown out by the judge who wants a harsher punishment for Ellerman. Even the plea bargain would have seen Ellerman spend more time in jail than all of the BALCO defendants combined... The Red Sox lead in the AL East has been cut to "just" 7.5 games over the red-hot Yankees. With all the concern over how hot the Yankees are and how cold the Red Sox bats have been - it is easy to lose track of the facts that the Red Sox still have the best record in all of baseball and that the 7.5 game lead is the largest advantage in any of the divisions.... This is a disturbing story. What was it about that intersection that got Houston so aroused? This happened around rush hour. I hope that there were no playgrounds or schools in the area. Oklahoma State must be really proud of their all-time leading scorer... My wife loves camping (me not so much). She actually keeps an empty egg carton on top of the dryer and she stuffs the lint from the dryer into the egg spaces. She does this because the "eggs" of lint make excellent fire-starters to get the kindling going on a camp fire... Bill Mueller has been named interim hitting coach for the Dodgers - taking over for the fired Eddie Murray. I'm not the greatest writer by any stretch but I had to chuckle at this sentence from the story. "Mueller said the first thing he wants to do is build an individual rapport with each player individually." Is that as opposed to building an individual rapport with each player as a group?... At one time Jeremy Reed was supposed to be the next great thing in CF for the Mariners. The same was true of Brian Anderson for the White Sox. Both were pretty much busts but at 25-years old each - it is too early to give up on either player. Maybe the Mariners and White Sox should just swap Reed for Anderson and hope tha a change of scenery is all these two young players need...
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