It's just one game.
There's a long way to go.
But, seven runs and more solid pitching is still what it is. Ritchie Sexson drove in a run. That's got to mean something.
Mike Mussina has more wins now than he did in all of '07. It's really quite remarkable, the turnaround he's having, but I've said this before. He just looks like he figured out what to do with the stuff he has. I never tire of seeing that 68 mph curveball. It's bizarre to think a pitch that slow causes so many problems, but it's speed and location must make Mussina's fastball look about 95 mph. Plus, he's throwing that two-seamer to lefties that always rides back across the inside part, or somewhere close enough to trigger the umpirean response.
This guy is pitching against the Yankees Saturday.
His name is Sean Gallagher, hailing from? Yes, Boston. He's 4-4 and looks as if he belongs in Room 100 with a helmet, and possible mittens. Yeah, yeah, he's probably a great guy, he just doesn't photograph well. Whatever. If the Yankees don't hang 10 on this guy, they should be replaced by the Sisters of Charity softball team.
Thanks to A-Rod for hitting that 6th inning solo shot. Most people would criticize him for doing most of his damage when there's no pressure. Standing in an MLB batter's box, no matter the score, is pressure. You fail most of the time. Some Hall of Famers produced a hit in fewer than 30 percent of their at-bats. Mickey Mantle's career batting average was .298. And he was arguably the best player of his generation, and possibly any other. (Damn you Joe Dimaggio.) So, to say A-Rod's homer is meaningless is somewhat short-sighted, and frankly, wrongheaded. If the A's scored five runs between the 7th and 9th innings, that homer looks pretty good.
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I’m paraphrasing here but he said that if he was the manager he would be the one closing the game. That it was just the competitive nature in him that made him feel that way. He went on to give your boy props by calling him the “Godfather” of closers. Later on he backtracked a little stating that Rivera should be the one to close the game. It was that dirt bag of a reporter who added fuel to the fire. Then of course the “classy” New York fans took it & ran with it. Might have played out in Boston the same way if the roles were reversed, I don’t know.
I'd say it's 100 percent likely Sox fans would have had the same reaction. The difference is Rivera wouldn't have said what Papelbon said.
Rivera wouldn't have nearly cost the American League the game like Papelbon tried doing.
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