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Archive for June 2008

Kevin Cash = Black Hole

In Sports on 13 June 2008 tagged kevin cash, red sox with Comments Off

Kevin Cash is a terrible hitter; always has been. After starting the season hot he’s now 1 for his last 24. Having Kevin Cash hitting 9th is very similar to having the pitcher hit. In a National League park, where the pitcher does hit, Cash is pushed up to the 8th spot, as he was [...]

Tim Marchman Slams Yankee Stadium

In Sports on 13 June 2008 tagged Yankee Stadium with Comments Off

Tim Marchman, a writer for the New York Sun, on the soon to be closed Yankee Stadium:
Yankee Stadium is on the merits one of the worst places in the country to watch a ballgame, and there’s really little that’s more hilarious in baseball than the pretense that this giant concrete bowl is some magnificent cathedral [...]

Francoma (chapter 2)

In Sports on 13 June 2008 tagged red sox, terry francona with Comments Off

For whatever reason it’s now clear Terry Francona’s brain locks up when Okajima is on the mound. For the second time in a little over a week Francona left an obviously ineffective Okajima in until a lead was obliterated.
Francona:

He was up with a lot of pitches and behind in the count…

No kidding. That’s why [...]

Johhny Damon’s Arm (and other Yankee observations)

In Sports on 11 June 2008 tagged johnny damon, yankees with Comments Off

It’s been two and a half years since the Yankees signed Johnny Damon to fill their hole in center field (a signing, remember, that Damon never gave the Red Sox a chance to match). Damon became a short term solution as he was switched to left just a year and a half later.
Damon’s been [...]

Only in Bizarro World

In Sports on 4 June 2008 tagged abraham, yankees with Comments Off

After Mike Mussina allowed only one run in six innings tonight Peter Abraham asked:

So, does Moose follow Cliff Lee in the All-Star Game?

Well, considering Mussina ranks somewhere around 25th in the league in ERA, 20th in WHIP, and coming into tonights game opposing batters were hitting .286 (286!) against him, I’ll go out on a [...]

Francoma

In Sports on 4 June 2008 tagged francona, red sox with Comments Off

I’m a fan of Terry Francona and have little doubt he’s the best manager in Red Sox history (or at least in my life time). For that reason I often cringe when Boston fans refer to him as Francoma. He’s brought two championships in four years to a town that had been the failure poster [...]