The Catch
Endy’s catch is up on youtube now: And if you were feeling ambivalent about those scrappy Redbirds, metsblog has some audio of them singing the now patented Jose Reyes chant. Yes, I’m suitably sour now. Kill them all. more... Endy’s catch is up on youtube now: And if you were feeling ambivalent about those scrappy Redbirds, metsblog has some audio of them singing the now patented Jose Reyes chant. Yes, I’m suitably sour now. Kill them all. more... A Tale Of Two Curveballs
Wow. Incredible Game 7. There may be some things you can nitpick about, but going down to the last strike, at least you can’t really feel cheated. You just have to tip your cap. Adam Wainwright started off the inning shaky. He was overthrowing the ball. Gets behind Valentin and Chavez, gives up two hits. [...] more... God To Oliver Perez: Do You Want To Be A Star???
WHO KNEW??? We’re going to hear it a million times between now and whenever Game 7 of the NLCS is done, but that’s because it must be said: Can you believe Oliver Perez is the Mets starter for arguably the two most important games in this series? If not the two most important, certainly THE [...] more... Vintage Looper, Vintage LoDuca
Vintage Looper, he makes a 2-0 game, 4-0 … and game over. He doesn’t get the loss, but he loses games for you. Game’s actually still in the 7th while I write this, but you know it’s over[/jinx]. GAME SEVEN more... The Series Thus Far
Game One: Glavine dominates. Weaver surprises with his effectiveness. Good guys win. Game Two: Carpenter sucks, and the Mets could roll over this team … but they do not. Cardiac-Cards come back to win. Mets fans still giddy because they should have won the game. Game Three: Suppan dominates. D’oh! Trachsel sucks, but Darren Oliver [...] more... No So, Noooooooo
This nasty man who allowed himself to be photogged with a wedgie ruined my evening last night. Actually it was ruined before he got in position to finish it. At least we beat up on Cy Carpenter, but what an awful, awful loss. Ugh! more... Don’t Feed The Animal!
No one thinks of Tom Glavine as an animal. But maybe that’s about to change. After all he’s morphing right in front of our eyes from “the great Braves pitcher Tom Glavine,” to “Tom Glavine: Beast.” I’ve always blanched a little when I saw Pedro and Glavine being talked about as the “pair of aces” [...] more... Pudge & Leyland
Two guys for the hall here. These guys seem to have a magic touch. Pudge is one of the few guys not surprised when one of his underdog teams (Florida, now Detroit) ends up in the playoffs. A catcher who’s good defensively AND offensively is still one of the rarest commodities in baseball, most who [...] more... 愚か者の金
This guy is supposed to be the next star imported from Japan. Daisuke Matsuzaka, right-hander, 26, MVP of the World Baseball Classic last March. Here’s some youtube (1.65B!) footage on Daisuke. He doesn’t lick his butt, or do anything particularly quirky in his delivery. He is supposed to throw a unique pitch, here’s an article [...] more... Changing Of The Guard
THIS WEEK WE DINE ON CARDINAL! I believe the French call this dish, Cardinale LéRussa. But before we preview… I’m excited about the Final Four for baseball. Detroit, Oakland, St. Louis, New York (good), any of those teams winning the World Series is a nice story. If Detroit wins, Jim Leyland gets to starts smacking [...] more...