2009 Home Run Leaders T-4564th David Ortiz.
David Ortiz hit his first home run in 149 at-bats tonight in Boston. Special correspondent JCK was at the game, and filled me in immediately. “Ortiz just dropped a bomb to center,” was the exact description. After the demise of the Celts and B’s, JCK is back locked into the Sox. Ortiz’s homer helped the Sox beat the 1st place Blue Jays, and took the weight of Mo Vaughn off his shoulders. I’ve been fielding Ortiz questions from a fantasy owner all Spring, and I’ve been trying to find a way to let him down easy. The guy looks done, but I guess he ran into one tonight as they say.
Mike Tirico during the Hawks series on LeBron James, “Oh LeBron, Just Stop It!” My thoughts exactly Tirico. Bron through one half of the Eastern Conference Finals, 26 pts on 11/16 shooting. It now looks like LeBron was saving an extra gear for the postseason, which is pretty remarkable considering he won the MVP award. Go away Orlando, this is not good for you…and you’re wasting Bron’s time. LeBron is like Tiger with a good knee.
**CRAZY UPDATE: Orlando comes all the way back in the second half to win game one 107-106. All this despite LeBron going of for 49 on 20/30 shooting. Looks like LeBron should just shoot everytime down the floor. I can’t beieve Cleveland lost this game. I just can’t.
Would my blog get more hits if I changed the name to www.jamiemoyerretire.com? Moyer pitched in Cincinnati tonight, and wasn’t terrible, but it took him 105 pitches to get through six innings, and watching it was one of the most painful experiences I’ve had as a baseball fan. The Reds are the type of impatient team that Moyer can sometimes handle, but Aaron Harang shut down the Phillies offense, and it was winning streak over at five. Reds outfielder Jay Bruce looked like he was almost physically incapable of waiting for Moyer’s pitches to meander into the zone. He was touching 65 on the gun with his curve ball. You don’t even get points on your license for that.
How about a glamour pairing? Fred Couples, Adam Scott…12:29 pm Thursday. If you can get to Irving, TX by then it might be a good idea. If you don’t like golf you can follow the women following this group. Bring your dad along to scope Fred’s fans and be the designated driver while you tell every good looking woman in sight that you handle Adam Scott for Burberry. Done and done.
Just for The BK…The Yankees have won 8 straight. The team remains as unlikeable and detached as ever, but they haven’t lost since Roy Halladay issued his standard beatdown last week. Tomorrow they face Adam Eaton and then the Phillies roll into town. The groundhog from that movie with Bill Murray says, four more days of good offense.
i have a headache this morning
Not surprised.
ORTIZ! Finally!
Adam Eaton is playing baseball in the major leagues? As a pitcher?
(I just checked baseball reference. He is pitching for the Baltimore Orioles, and is currently spotting a 2-4 record with 7.93 ERA after seven starts. So the answer to my above questions is . . . sort of.)
Yeah, Hilarious. The Yankees are -310 tonight if that puts it in any perspective.
I find it amusing that the Phillies once traded Eaton and Carlton Loewer to the Padres in exchange for Andy Ashby, and promptly traded Ashby to the Braves in exchange for Bruce Chen. That’s like a perfect storm of mediocrity (very slight apologies to Andy Ashby).
Can we all finally agree that Papi was on steroids and nix the panned Sox fan explanation of “the twins told him to be a singles hitter, then the sox told him to hit HR’s so he did”? I mean, who came up with that????
Yanks actually look like they’re having fun. Like it or not, A-rod has made tex a different player b/c no one wants to pitch to A-rOID, on steroids or not. Love it.
You know who i just looked up and who totally fell apart in an epic blaze of silence? Javy Lopez.
Wow Javy Lopez is a great call…He’s definitely on the steroid suspect list I would have to imagine.
I think the Ortiz argument is an evolution of the old, “Oh he’ll hit home runs eventually, once he learns to pull the ball,” argument. This never made much sense to me, but was used pre-enlightenment to describe Raffy Palmiero type hitters. I guess it’s true to a certain extent, maturity wise, but it kind of sounds like, “He’ll hit home runs eventually, once he learns how to use roids.”
if you’re not having fun after 8 in a row???? I’m glad that Tex has his boyfriend back…maybe that should his at-bat soundtrack.
Well i mean, the old yanks didn’t have fun ever. So i’m glad to see a few shaving cream pies. My man Notorious Nick Swisher dominates. I’m stalking him b/c he hangs out at bars near me after games. If i grow facial hair in his style, look out NYPD.