American Idyll
Faith and Fear in Flushing —
... Not this one. And that was the only one we get for 2008, which is OK from here. The Cubs are good and the Mets are relentlessly so-so, making it difficult to enjoy the ivy for the trees. The charm of America's most charming ballpark dissipates when you're losing 8-1 the day after the night you lost 7-1. ...
The Hardball Times:THT Daily: Hot Hitting
The Hardball Times —
... around for a while, but the Indians will hope to have Westbrook back early next month. Yesterday’s Results American League BOS 7 LAA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 6 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 9 CHA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 10 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 15 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 5 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 6 ATL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 8 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 8 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 11 SD 7 (Recap and ...
Jorge Sosa: How Did It All Go Wrong?
Mets Geek —
... Again, this is not to say that Sosa was a great reliever who would have been lights-out all season long if it weren’t for Randolph’s crummy decisions. His numbers against righties were pretty uninspiring, and he probably only hung around for as long as he did because “he could pitch every day.” Hey, I got a rubber arm – if the Mets want somebody to give up grand slams every day, I can do that. I’ll even work for league minimum. ...
