Intrepid blogger Curt Schilling posted an interview today. With himself. That he conducted in the first person. We don’t even need to think to make fun of Curt’s blog.
What part of “shut up and play” doesn’t he understand?
As should be well-known by now (because this is one of those water cooler topics), Alex discussed opting out of his contract with Mike and the Mad Dog yesterday at Legends Field. Per Pete Abraham, Alex was the one who brought up the subject.
I’ve always tried to defend him, mainly because I thought the fans were being way too unreasonable. At this point, though, I’m ready to give up. If he’s going to say the things he said, he’d better put up the numbers to back it up. And until he does, there’s nothing else to talk about.
Can we put a gag on this guy?
Update: Ken Rosenthal has the same idea.
No, he’s not the next Darrell Rasner
Mets fans, there goes your 10th best prospect.
Great quote of the week…
…not that we’ve ever had a “Quote of the Week” skit here. Anywho, Mets minor league catcher Joe Hietpas (he of the .208 BA in over 1,300 career ABs) is moving to the mound, which drew this response from Davey Wright:
“[Those will] be tough at-bats against a guy who throws that hard and has no idea where it’s going.â€
Effectively wild has always been one of my favorite baseball terms, it basically boils down to “the pitcher is so bad, he’s actually halfway decent.”
In case you’re wondering, 2 Yankee farmhands have made the transition from position player to pitcher this offseason: outfielders Rudy Guillen and Wilkins DeLaRossa. There’s no hope for Guillen, he’s a bust in every sense of the word, but DeLaRossa has some potential; he’s lefthanded and touches the mid-90s.
(hat tip to Matt Cerrone)
Red Sox looking at Benitez?
Most recently, the bullpen-depleted Red Sox were said to have inquired about Benitez, who regularly got booed by Giants fans and is entering the final leg of his three-year, $21.5 million contract.
Haha! Get it? Final LEG — and Benitez is suffering from a knee injury! I love newpaper writers and their hacky puns.
Today’s box score
Notes:
- Yes, yes, Eric Duncan hit the game-winner in the top of the ninth. Solomon Torres was pitching, so it wasn’t like a minor league scrub.
- Igawa showed some improvement this time out. No walks and four strikeouts in three innings, though he did allow five hits and a tater (two-run shot to Ronny Paulino). If he can keep up these strikeouts, he’s going to find some degree of success.
- Clippard: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K; making HIS case to be the first called up.
- Haven’t seen Henn for a while, but he struck out the only batter he faced — the last one of hte game.
It should be noted that Pittsburgh didn’t exactly put out their A team — if they even have an A team. They did strike out Adam LaRoche twice, though.
Last night’s box score
Notes:
- Jorge homered off a scrub. I wonder if he yelled HADOKEN!
- Minky finally got a hit
- Karstens: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K, 0 BB; making his case to be the first called up
- Wright: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K, 2 BB; between the starters and the relievers, Scranton is going to dominate the International League
- Farnsworth: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB; now that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout. Now go and do it against non-scrubs