Well with Clay Buccholz making the start tonight and Mike Lowell and Jed Lowrie ready come off the DL the Red Sox had to make some roster moves and after two and a half years the Juilo Lugo era is finally over! The Red Sox officially Designated Julio Lugo for assignment. That means that the Red Sox have 10 days to trade him or he will be eligible to be a free agent. I highly doubt anyone will want to give anything up for him so no doubt the Red Sox will get him free. If he does become a free agent, the Red Sox will still have to pay him the full price of his contact. Lugo is still owed $13.5 Million. It must be an ego buster to learn that the Red Sox would rather pay you to sit at home or play for another team than be on their team.
It's going to be so nice to not cringe any time some one hits a ball to the shortstop.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
2nd half of the MLB season starts tonight!
After a three day break for the all-star festivities the MLB season gets going again and the Red Sox play........oh wait......
For some reason Major League Baseball has decided to give half of the teams an extra day off, and that includes the Red Sox. I hate this. It's bad enough I have good three days without the Red Sox no I have to go another while other teams play. Do teams really need the 4th day? It sucks.
Anyway, I can't wait to watch tomorrow to see how Clay Buchholz does. It should be interesting.
For some reason Major League Baseball has decided to give half of the teams an extra day off, and that includes the Red Sox. I hate this. It's bad enough I have good three days without the Red Sox no I have to go another while other teams play. Do teams really need the 4th day? It sucks.
Anyway, I can't wait to watch tomorrow to see how Clay Buchholz does. It should be interesting.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
American Dominance
For the 12th game in a row the American League deafeated the National League in the All Star game. The American league won 4-3 and Jonathan Papelbon getting the win. It's 2nd time in three years that a Red Sox player was credited with a win (Beckett got the win in 2007). Carl Crawford got the MVP award after taking away a homerun from Brad Hawpe preserving the tie ball game allowing the American League take the league for good in the 8th inning. Jason Bay and Kevin Youkilis each got a hit, however Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield did not get in the game. Josh Beckett picthed on Sunday so he was going to be only used in an emergency and Tim Wakefield would have been used if the game had gone into extra innings.
The Red Sox have an extra day off during this all star break and resume play on Friday when Clay Buchholz gets the call up for his 2009 debut against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Red Sox have an extra day off during this all star break and resume play on Friday when Clay Buchholz gets the call up for his 2009 debut against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
First half awards...
My last post I took a look at the Red Sox first half, no I figured I would hand out some awards for the fist half.
AL Cy Young: This one came down to two pitchers, Roy Halladay and Zack Greinke. While Roy may be the best pitcher in the American league, I have to give the Cy Young award to Greinke. A 2.12 ERA with 129 Ks, not to mention 2 complete game shut outs. Greinke has been a very bright spot for a very bad Royals team.
NL Cy Young: Once again this came down to two pitchers, Tim Lincecum and Dan Haren. This one was a little tougher, while Dan Haren's ERA may be a little lower, I am going to give the nod to the reigning NL Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Lincecum has a 10-2 record with a 2.33 ERA and 149 Ks.
AL MVP: There haven't been too many people in the American league to really separate themselves from the pack in the race for AL MVP. So far I would have to give the award to Joe Mauer. Even though he missed a good month of the season Mauer has a .373 batting average with 15 home runs while playing a key defensive postion very well.
NL MVP: This one is a no brainer, it is Manny Ramirez......................Just Kidding. It would have to be the man that is leading the league in Home Runs, RBIs, On Base and Slugging Percentage, not to mention 4th in batting. That man is the reigning NL MVP Albert Pujols. This one appears to be ove
AL Manager of the Year: I think this award goes to Mike Scioscia. Scioscia has led this team to first place despire numerous injuries and the unfortuante death of their young pitcher Nick Adenhart.
NL Manager of the Year: Not many teams can lose a MVP candidate for 50 games and still be the class in the league, yet Joe Torre has lead the Dodgers to the best record in the League despite losing Manny Ramirez for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance. That's why I am giving this award to Joe Torre.
AL Cy Young: This one came down to two pitchers, Roy Halladay and Zack Greinke. While Roy may be the best pitcher in the American league, I have to give the Cy Young award to Greinke. A 2.12 ERA with 129 Ks, not to mention 2 complete game shut outs. Greinke has been a very bright spot for a very bad Royals team.
NL Cy Young: Once again this came down to two pitchers, Tim Lincecum and Dan Haren. This one was a little tougher, while Dan Haren's ERA may be a little lower, I am going to give the nod to the reigning NL Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Lincecum has a 10-2 record with a 2.33 ERA and 149 Ks.
AL MVP: There haven't been too many people in the American league to really separate themselves from the pack in the race for AL MVP. So far I would have to give the award to Joe Mauer. Even though he missed a good month of the season Mauer has a .373 batting average with 15 home runs while playing a key defensive postion very well.
NL MVP: This one is a no brainer, it is Manny Ramirez......................Just Kidding. It would have to be the man that is leading the league in Home Runs, RBIs, On Base and Slugging Percentage, not to mention 4th in batting. That man is the reigning NL MVP Albert Pujols. This one appears to be ove
AL Manager of the Year: I think this award goes to Mike Scioscia. Scioscia has led this team to first place despire numerous injuries and the unfortuante death of their young pitcher Nick Adenhart.
NL Manager of the Year: Not many teams can lose a MVP candidate for 50 games and still be the class in the league, yet Joe Torre has lead the Dodgers to the best record in the League despite losing Manny Ramirez for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance. That's why I am giving this award to Joe Torre.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Red Sox first half review
Today the Red Sox finished out the first half of the Regular season by beating the the Royals 5-0. Josh Beckett pitched a complete game getting a share of the Wins lead, tied with teammate Tim Wakefield at 11 wins. With the Yankees loss today it puts the Red Sox in first place by 3 games, with a 54-34 record. Since it is the All-Star break I thought it would be a good time to have a season review of this season so far...
Line up in review:
At the beginning of the year there were many question that need to be answered about this line-up, and for the most part, lived up to expectations. Jason Bay leads the league in RBI with 72 and has proved that he can handle the pressure of Boston.
Dustin Pedroia has shown that his MVP season was no fluke. While he likely won't repeat as MVP, he goes into the All-Star Break with a .303 average, 105 hits and 65 runs, all leading the team.
Kevin Youkilis started the season on fire hitting 4o0 for a good part of April into May, before going on the DL. After coming of the DL , he struggled a bit, but he is still around 300 with 16 home runs and 53 RBI.
Nick Green was signed to minor league deal to possibly give this team some depth incase of injuries in the middle of the season, however, thanks to a good spring and an injury to Julio Lugo, Green made the team out of spring training and after Lowrie went down, even when Lugo returned, eventually became the starting short stop. Green has played good defense and has collected some clutch hits. With Lowrie coming of the DL soon he probably be losing some playing time but should be key of the bench in the second half
David Ortiz's first two months were down right horrible. There is no easy way to say it. Ortiz didn't get his first home run until May 20th and dropped to a season low of .185 on May 30th. But when June hit, a switch seemed to go off. He has 11 home runs since and raised his average to .222. Look from Big Papi to continue his good hitting in the second half.
Mike Lowell put to rest the notion that the hip injury that ended his season last year would hurt his performance this year. Lowell was hitting .282 with 10 home runs before going on the DL with hip discomfort. The injury isn't serious and is ready to come off the DL when the 2nd half starts.
Julio Lugo...............sucks.
Starting Rotation:
It has been a strange year for the Starting Rotation. The Red Sox have used 7 different pitchers and its been a topsy-turvy time for these guys. Josh Beckett started the season off with a bang by shutting down the hated Rays in the Season opener, but had an overall bad April. Beckett ended April with a 7.22 ERA after two horrible outings against rivals Yankees and Rays. After a couple of decent outings Beckett started to really settle and Since May 23rd, he has an ERA 1.72. Look for Beckett to be a candidate for the Cy Young award at the end of the year.
Jon Lester's season has been much like Beckett, except his struggles lasted into May. But once he got hot, he got hot. Lester took a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Rangers on June 6th and hasn't looked back. Since May 31st Lester has a 1.48 ERA.
Tim Wakefield has been the most consistent pitcher for the Red Sox this season. Wakefield made the All-Star team for the first time in his 18 year career, making him the second oldest player to make his first all-star game. Wakefield has been a major team player for the Red Sox for 15 years and its great to see him get some recognition finally.
Dice-K, What can I say about him. He has pretty much sucked it up this season. He pitched in the WBC and became the MVP of the preseason tournament, however it has cause him this season I believe. Hopefully he makes an appearance before the end of the season but I am not expecting anything from him this year.
Brad Penny was a signed as an insurance policy and has been a good addition to the rotation. With pretty much no expectation, he has given the Red Sox a stable arm after a slow start. He has kept the team in the games he has pitched in. If Clay Buchholz pitches well in his start next week and John Smoltz pitches like he can, I can see the Red Sox trading Penny if they can get a quality prospect or bench help.
Bullpen
Usually every year the Red Sox have one or two bullpen arms that they can depend on and are usually desperate for bullpen help during the trading deadline, but this year it has downright dominate. A few bumps in the road here and there (blowing a nine run lead Baltimore for one), but its been mostly great.
Jonathan Papelbon, the ace of the bullpen, hasn’t exactly been pitching like an ace this year, but is getting the job done. Papelbon seems to been getting himself into trouble, but magically getting out before the game is lost. I have a feeling that he has been holding back for the second half and expect him to be his old self for the rest of the season.
Ramon Ramirez has a diamond in the rough for the Red Sox this year, acquiring him from the Royals in the off season. He has been pretty much lights out all year. He hit a few bumps in the road lately, but overall has been great.
Manny Delcarmen has really come into his own this year. He was finally pitching the way I expected him to, until the past few weeks or so when he doesn’t seem to be able to get anyone out. Hopefully the five days off will allow him to rest his arm and recharge his batteries.
Justin Masterson has been both a starter and a reliever this year and hasn’t as well as he has in the past. I don’t know if it’s the league coming around to him or it’s the moving from bullpen to the rotation and back again, but he is quickly becoming the mop up guy. Hopefully he picks it up in the second half.
I am really excited about prospects of the second half year. The Red Sox have a 3 game lead over the Yankees and a 5 ½ lead over the Texas Rangers, who are in 2nd place in the Wild Card. Baring a 2006esque string of injuries this team is looking good for the playoffs and With Lester and Beckett leading the way should have a great shot at another World Series Championship.
Line up in review:
At the beginning of the year there were many question that need to be answered about this line-up, and for the most part, lived up to expectations. Jason Bay leads the league in RBI with 72 and has proved that he can handle the pressure of Boston.
Dustin Pedroia has shown that his MVP season was no fluke. While he likely won't repeat as MVP, he goes into the All-Star Break with a .303 average, 105 hits and 65 runs, all leading the team.
Kevin Youkilis started the season on fire hitting 4o0 for a good part of April into May, before going on the DL. After coming of the DL , he struggled a bit, but he is still around 300 with 16 home runs and 53 RBI.
Nick Green was signed to minor league deal to possibly give this team some depth incase of injuries in the middle of the season, however, thanks to a good spring and an injury to Julio Lugo, Green made the team out of spring training and after Lowrie went down, even when Lugo returned, eventually became the starting short stop. Green has played good defense and has collected some clutch hits. With Lowrie coming of the DL soon he probably be losing some playing time but should be key of the bench in the second half
David Ortiz's first two months were down right horrible. There is no easy way to say it. Ortiz didn't get his first home run until May 20th and dropped to a season low of .185 on May 30th. But when June hit, a switch seemed to go off. He has 11 home runs since and raised his average to .222. Look from Big Papi to continue his good hitting in the second half.
Mike Lowell put to rest the notion that the hip injury that ended his season last year would hurt his performance this year. Lowell was hitting .282 with 10 home runs before going on the DL with hip discomfort. The injury isn't serious and is ready to come off the DL when the 2nd half starts.
Julio Lugo...............sucks.
Starting Rotation:
It has been a strange year for the Starting Rotation. The Red Sox have used 7 different pitchers and its been a topsy-turvy time for these guys. Josh Beckett started the season off with a bang by shutting down the hated Rays in the Season opener, but had an overall bad April. Beckett ended April with a 7.22 ERA after two horrible outings against rivals Yankees and Rays. After a couple of decent outings Beckett started to really settle and Since May 23rd, he has an ERA 1.72. Look for Beckett to be a candidate for the Cy Young award at the end of the year.
Jon Lester's season has been much like Beckett, except his struggles lasted into May. But once he got hot, he got hot. Lester took a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Rangers on June 6th and hasn't looked back. Since May 31st Lester has a 1.48 ERA.
Tim Wakefield has been the most consistent pitcher for the Red Sox this season. Wakefield made the All-Star team for the first time in his 18 year career, making him the second oldest player to make his first all-star game. Wakefield has been a major team player for the Red Sox for 15 years and its great to see him get some recognition finally.
Dice-K, What can I say about him. He has pretty much sucked it up this season. He pitched in the WBC and became the MVP of the preseason tournament, however it has cause him this season I believe. Hopefully he makes an appearance before the end of the season but I am not expecting anything from him this year.
Brad Penny was a signed as an insurance policy and has been a good addition to the rotation. With pretty much no expectation, he has given the Red Sox a stable arm after a slow start. He has kept the team in the games he has pitched in. If Clay Buchholz pitches well in his start next week and John Smoltz pitches like he can, I can see the Red Sox trading Penny if they can get a quality prospect or bench help.
Bullpen
Usually every year the Red Sox have one or two bullpen arms that they can depend on and are usually desperate for bullpen help during the trading deadline, but this year it has downright dominate. A few bumps in the road here and there (blowing a nine run lead Baltimore for one), but its been mostly great.
Jonathan Papelbon, the ace of the bullpen, hasn’t exactly been pitching like an ace this year, but is getting the job done. Papelbon seems to been getting himself into trouble, but magically getting out before the game is lost. I have a feeling that he has been holding back for the second half and expect him to be his old self for the rest of the season.
Ramon Ramirez has a diamond in the rough for the Red Sox this year, acquiring him from the Royals in the off season. He has been pretty much lights out all year. He hit a few bumps in the road lately, but overall has been great.
Manny Delcarmen has really come into his own this year. He was finally pitching the way I expected him to, until the past few weeks or so when he doesn’t seem to be able to get anyone out. Hopefully the five days off will allow him to rest his arm and recharge his batteries.
Justin Masterson has been both a starter and a reliever this year and hasn’t as well as he has in the past. I don’t know if it’s the league coming around to him or it’s the moving from bullpen to the rotation and back again, but he is quickly becoming the mop up guy. Hopefully he picks it up in the second half.
I am really excited about prospects of the second half year. The Red Sox have a 3 game lead over the Yankees and a 5 ½ lead over the Texas Rangers, who are in 2nd place in the Wild Card. Baring a 2006esque string of injuries this team is looking good for the playoffs and With Lester and Beckett leading the way should have a great shot at another World Series Championship.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Guess Who's Back...Back Again..
So tomorrow I go back to work at the Sea Dogs for one night. I got a message from a friend saying she needed help with the gates, so I figured since I don't have a job and am considerably low on funds, I figured why the hell not. I should be fun, I just wish I was vending again. I loved vending, you made good money while being in the stands interacting with people and aware of whats going on in the game. You could make a cool 120 bucks on a good night.
But because this economy sucks a big one, I cannot for the life of me find a job. I have a applied to many different places, I have applied to banks, restaurants, retail, office buildings, just about anything that sounds legit (you'd be supprised how many places sound sketchy). Anyway, I am sooo tired of hearing, "sorry, your experiences looks good, but we decided to go in a different direction". But then again thats better than hear nothing at all. I just hope to get a job soon as I can't afford to pay my bills. It's getting bad.
But because this economy sucks a big one, I cannot for the life of me find a job. I have a applied to many different places, I have applied to banks, restaurants, retail, office buildings, just about anything that sounds legit (you'd be supprised how many places sound sketchy). Anyway, I am sooo tired of hearing, "sorry, your experiences looks good, but we decided to go in a different direction". But then again thats better than hear nothing at all. I just hope to get a job soon as I can't afford to pay my bills. It's getting bad.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Rain, Rain Go Away
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
These words have great meaning in my family. These are words that my sister Erica lived by before she passed away in March. It's a very good motto to live by, however, right now....I am soooooooo sick of waiting for the storm to pass. I have never seen anything like this in my life. Normally I don't mind a little bit of rain during the summer, in fact I love a nice summer storm after a long heat wave. The smell in the air during is one of my favorite smells in the world. The only problem is that it hasn't stopped raining long enough for a heat wave. It has rained here almost every day for well over a month. I thought this crappy weather was over, we had a couple of good days the passed couple of days (and only a light sprinkle on the fourth), but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, It has been raining all day and its going to rain again tomorrow. It is July 7th, people should be going to the beach and hanging out by pool. Here in Maine we usually only get 3 months of good weather and half of that has been rainy. Today I don't even think it broke 60. On July 1st we had the lowest High temperature in history.
I am sooooo ready for the rain to stop and have a little heat wave. I want to be able to put my air conditioner in....is that too much to ask for???
These words have great meaning in my family. These are words that my sister Erica lived by before she passed away in March. It's a very good motto to live by, however, right now....I am soooooooo sick of waiting for the storm to pass. I have never seen anything like this in my life. Normally I don't mind a little bit of rain during the summer, in fact I love a nice summer storm after a long heat wave. The smell in the air during is one of my favorite smells in the world. The only problem is that it hasn't stopped raining long enough for a heat wave. It has rained here almost every day for well over a month. I thought this crappy weather was over, we had a couple of good days the passed couple of days (and only a light sprinkle on the fourth), but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, It has been raining all day and its going to rain again tomorrow. It is July 7th, people should be going to the beach and hanging out by pool. Here in Maine we usually only get 3 months of good weather and half of that has been rainy. Today I don't even think it broke 60. On July 1st we had the lowest High temperature in history.
I am sooooo ready for the rain to stop and have a little heat wave. I want to be able to put my air conditioner in....is that too much to ask for???
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Welcome
Hello, This is the Blog No One Cares About.
Now, I know what your thinking, why would I write a blog that no one cares about? Well, Why not? I needed a place to rant, rave and vent about stuff and figured I'd give a try. I am going to try to update this often, but knowing me I will get lazy and stop.
I am going to write more later, hopefully.
Now, I know what your thinking, why would I write a blog that no one cares about? Well, Why not? I needed a place to rant, rave and vent about stuff and figured I'd give a try. I am going to try to update this often, but knowing me I will get lazy and stop.
I am going to write more later, hopefully.
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