Another Yankees-Blood Sox Battle For the AL East


Is it the height that distorted the strike zone or the ump?

You can say what you want about the Toronto Blue Jays who continue to hover near the top of the standings but aren't likely to last the season. The Yankees-Blood Sox match up was interesting, as always. Less than a week since the Fenway Series it moved to Yankee Stadium where The Big Unit, showing his age more and more as the early season wears on, got slammed hard by the Sox early and hard, lasting only 3 2/3 innings as the Yankees lost the opener 14-3 and Johnson had an MRI of his left pitching shoulder the following morning. Then it was another ageing ace, Curt Schilling, getting blasted by the opposition six runs and eight hits surrendered. Frankly, neither team looks like World Series calibre.


The bloodiest Sock of all, Mr Republican, looking every one of his many years...

More in the Compare Bellies Series...compare David Ortiz v Jason Giambi:

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Honesty is the best policy. The only thing it's missing is some guy next to her holding up a sign that says "And I'm So Drunk, I Fucked Her!"

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"The puffball reliever will lay the juiced ball on a tee. The padded hitter will use his bloated biceps to smash it deep into the stands. Every headline will weep. Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth. He does not. He will not.

Saying Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth is like saying the Escalade passes the Mustang.
It's like saying text messages pass handwritten letters. It's like saying Zima passes beer."

Brilliant little piece, Babe Is The Man, by the LA Times' Bill Plaschke.

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Rick Sutcliffe, a Cy Young award winner and ESPN baseball analyst, gave a rambling, slurred interview during the local television broadcast of the Brewers-Padres game Wednesday night.

Funny thing is, if you read the text of the alleged "rambling", it really isn't all that coherent, it just isn't about baseball. Poor little Cub announcers can't quite get their heads around topics that don't touch on Cubcentric psychobabble. Too bad for Sutcliffe.

Sutcliffe's microphone eventually was cut off. Craig Nichols, general manager of Channel 4 San Diego, on Thursday described the interview as embarrassing.

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Do The Math On Prince Albert, The New Home Run King



In 1998:
Mark McGwire hit his 18th home run of the year in the 43rd game. He finished 1998 with 70 home runs.

In 2001:
Barry Bonds hit his 18th home run of the year in the 42nd game. He finished 2001 with 73 home runs.

This season:
Albert Pujols hit his 18th home run in the teams's 35th game