Final Score: Boston Red Sox 8, Toronto Blue Jays 0You feel that? That was the cold icy stare of Tim “can’t touch this” Wakefield and his diving, dancing, dipping ball of knuckle death. These hapless Blue Jays were minor obstacles in his path to victory. Lowest ERA in the league? Yeah not that his W-L record would tell you (4-3) but the soft throwing vet is now rocking a 1.73 ERA and an attitude. His last two starts? Not one opposing player crossed home plate… because they’re scared to. So that stare that cuts through your soul? It MAKES you bring him runs.
Even against Doc Hallady.
These Sox players didn’t have a choice. They were compelled like zombies at a MENSA meeting to feast on the brains… sorry… poor pitching of the Jays ace. Lowell went deep (again) and the Papi/Ortiz combo looked as healthy as ever. Oh and then there is the often plunked Youk. You know why he gets hit? Cause he’s freaking KILLING the ball and you might as well make him feel some pain when he gets on base.
Now about these Blue Jays. What the hell happened here guys? You passed the Sox for second place in the AL East last year, you made some expensive and (on paper) impressive improvements, but you look like garbage. The Jays can be a nasty thorn in the Sox side and after the 2 game loss earlier this season, it looked like that pattern was emerging again. Guess not. Get the brooms out. We need to sweep some azure feathers off this artificial turf.
Even against Doc Hallady.
These Sox players didn’t have a choice. They were compelled like zombies at a MENSA meeting to feast on the brains… sorry… poor pitching of the Jays ace. Lowell went deep (again) and the Papi/Ortiz combo looked as healthy as ever. Oh and then there is the often plunked Youk. You know why he gets hit? Cause he’s freaking KILLING the ball and you might as well make him feel some pain when he gets on base.
Now about these Blue Jays. What the hell happened here guys? You passed the Sox for second place in the AL East last year, you made some expensive and (on paper) impressive improvements, but you look like garbage. The Jays can be a nasty thorn in the Sox side and after the 2 game loss earlier this season, it looked like that pattern was emerging again. Guess not. Get the brooms out. We need to sweep some azure feathers off this artificial turf.
And by the way… As an aside.
I honestly don’t care about Bonds and Curt/Ortiz/Papelbon/Francona’s comments for or against the record/steroids issue. Why is this even news? Curt shoots his mouth off, Ortiz dissents and then gets misquoted, Papelbon says stuff, Curt apologizes and Francona tells everyone to shut up. Wow… finally an opinion I agree with: Shut Up.
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Why oh why do our beloved Sox have to come out on Barry's team? Do they not realize that everyone in the country (except those nuts in California) hate this guy. Our guys need to get on board, hating Bonds is the most unifying trend to sweep over this country since the slap bracelet.
See, thats too much care for this issue... I really don't give a rats ass if Barry beats Aaron. One way or the other.. it doesn't matter to me.
The only reason I even talked about this issue is because the media was hounding Sox players. Otherwise I would just ignore it. I choose apathy over hate.
By ERA+, Tim Wakefield is the best pitcher in the AL and second in all of baseball to Brad Penny. Clemens can suck it. Boo-frickin'-ya.
But Robin you see, you SHOULD care. And not because it affects you or your appreciation of baseball, but rather because of how it will affect that casual observer and future fans of the game. The fact is until someone beats Bonds, one of the greatest and most celebrated records is going to be held by an obvious cheat and my guess is that won't be made clear in the record books, history books or hall of fame. In the minds of future fans this guy will be just like great players like Willie, Babe, Hank and Ted. And there seems to be something fundamentally wrong with that. This man simply doesn't deserve that glory. Honestly its the one and only thing that will ever make me route for Arod to hit home runs.
Sorry that this has nothing to do with Schilling or Bonds....
Is there a way we can make it where Wakes only pitches in domes?
Not likely, but still, just a thought.
It helps a little, but oddly enough his ratio of strikeouts to walks and hits to earned runs is about the same in both domes and on grass since 2004...
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