Johnny Damon Stays In Detroit: Snubs Red Sox

Michalis Hatzigiannis    A.L. Central, A.L. East, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, MLB     Johnny Damon, Vetoes trade

On the outside it appears that he screwed the Red Sox, but actually they screwed him.  The Sox did not need Damon, they tried to claim him off waivers in order to block him from going to to Tampa or NY, because they are naive and still think they have a chance.  Johnny claims he is staying because he loves Detroit, but he is actually staying because there is no point in leaving one team to join another that is also going home in October.  Damon is extremely clutch in big games, especially in the postseason and the World Series, but Boston denied him the chance to do that.

But, I mean that’s just one theory, he probably just blocked the trade because he didn’t want to end up going under the knife with a season ending injury like the the rest of the Sox turned Mets.

Either way this decision was so easy a caveman could do it.

Another One Bites the Dust: Pedroia back to DL: And Another One Down And Another One Down

Michalis Hatzigiannis    A.L. East, Boston Red Sox, MLB     DL, Dustin Pedroia, Injury

Two days after returning to the line up, from a fractured foot, 2B Dustin Pedroia is heading back to the DL, this time with no time table for a return.

“I have to make sure I’m OK,” Pedroia said. “If I hurt myself bad, not only could it mess me up for next year, it can mess me up for my career. Hopefully I don’t do that.”

I think it is now safe to say that Big Papi and Adrian Beltre risked getting popped for using HGH this season for nothing.  Sure their power numbers are back from 2004, but it does not look like the cavalry is coming back from IR in time to make a push for the play-offs.

[Note: I wrote this for my counter part on this site, who always points out when the Sox win like it matters.]

[Additional Note:  Big Papi - Manny = A Big F'n Zero]

Red Sox Continue To Imitate Mets: Youkilis Out For The Season

Michalis Hatzigiannis    A.L. East, Boston Red Sox, MLB     Injury, Kevin Youkilis

When the Red Sox acquired fragile SP John Lackey from free agency last off-season we all thought they were giving an awful lot of money for someone who spends so much time pampering his delicate shoulder.  It is now well after the allstar break and while Lackey has not been the ace caliber pitcher they expected, he has managed to stay healthy.  Only, whatever contagious and gross injury bug he had with him on the Angels is now spreading through the Boston locker room.  Since Lackey joined the team almost every super star, including Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez, and Jacoby Ellsbury, and even the not so super Daisuke Matsuzaka, Mike Lowell, Jason Varitek, Mike Cameron, and Jed Lowrie, have all spent various amount of time licking their wounds on the DL this season.

We can now add their most consistent hitter, Kevin Youkilis who tore a muscle in his right thumb and requires season ending surgery, to that list.  It now looks as though the Red Sox will have to put the weight of their play-off chase on the shoulders of 34 year old David Ortiz.  My guess is, his old @$$ brittle knees can’t handle it.

Weaver Calls Angels Fans’ Booing of Lackey ‘Disappointing’

Cornelius Wellington III    A.L. East, A.L. West, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, MLB     Jered Weaver, john lackey, MLB News and Rumors

John Lackey won a World Series and a ton of games for Angels fans over the past 8 years, but once he signed with the Boston Red Sox, none of that matters anymore to Southern California.

“I mean, this guy has done too much for this organization for eight years, and to get an ovation like that was very disappointing…. People don’t understand what happens behind closed doors. All they see is him going to our so-called rival in the playoffs, but he’s a great guy and was a great mentor. I enjoyed my time with him, and I’m glad he was here. I owe a lot of where I am today to that guy.” Weaver said after the Angels’ 4-2 loss on Tuesday night in Anaheim.

Now, I understand Angels fans’ frustration with Lackey, but even Johnny Damon got some applause when he returned to Fenway with the Yanks. Of course he’s now booed every time he steps to the plate there, but they clapped for him once.

Stay classy Anaheim. Don’t be so 909.

Big Papi Still Going Yard in Anaheim

Cornelius Wellington III    A.L. East, A.L. West, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, MLB     Dan Haren, David Ortiz, mlb news

So much for the post Home Run Derby slump.

Big Papi returned to Anaheim, California with the same swagger he left it after the Home Run Derby just two weeks ago, to lift the Sox to a much needed win over the Angels tonight. Newly acquired Angels pitcher, Dan Haren, got a friendly reminder of what American League baseball looked like as Ortiz took him yard in the 3rd inning, before he was knocked out of the game by a Kevin Youkilis liner in the 4th.

Haren had been rotting in Arizona with a ball club that seems determined to be demoted to AAA. Now he can look forward to a grueling battle to get into the post-season only to find out that the Angels usually quit playing baseball about a month too soon to make it into the World Series every season.

Papi capped off the night with a 2 run shot in the 8th that gave Boston the cushion they needed to get only their 5th win since the All-Star break. With 3 home runs in 3 days, it looks as though Big Papi is completely back to form, much to the dismay of Haters everywhere.

Who’s Your Papi?! Ortiz Takes Home Run Derby Crown

Cornelius Wellington III    Boston Red Sox, MLB     2010 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby, Corey Hart, David Ortiz, Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera

Never had a Red Sox player won the Home Run Derby, probably because Ted Williams never tried, but David Ortiz won it in style with the most ever final round HRs in the history of the competition. A-Rod and Jeter tried all night to distract Big Papi by engaging in a continuous dry-hump all over the field, and as you can see from the photo above,  it continued right through Ortiz’s trophy ceremony, and is rumored to still be going on in their hotel room.

Corey Hart started the night off in style, by hitting 13 bombs in the first round to take an early lead, only to get blanked in the next round and remind everyone in Angel Stadium why they have never heard of him.

My counterpart on this site is rooting for Papi to now slump in the second half as HR Derby participants traditionally do so he can look smart, and he can momentarily forget LeBron just bankrupted his hometown by moving to Florida.

Dude, everyone bails on Ohio. That’s why we live in California.

For The Record: BP released a statement apologizing to Miguel Cabrera for the Gulf Oil spill which has clearly had a drastic effect on Miguel’s hair.