Archive for August 24th, 2009

Greatness

To be fair, I thought Theo was a great GM.  I stand corrected.
 Joe and I did discuss Cano this weekend.  He looks like a lazy player.  Joe D was also labeled as such because of his grace playing centerfield.  But Joe D did not make stupid errors or not run hard out of the box.  [...]

Breaking News: Theo not infallible

You mean Theo Epstein isn’t perfect? What?!?!?!
New Englanders have for years waxed poetic on Theo.

“Oh, Theo is so smart!”
“Oh, Theo always has a plan!”
“Oh, Theo secretly exited in a  monkey disguise! He’s so clever.”
“Oh, Theo plays guitar!”
“Oh, Theo is so persuasive that he convinced the hair on his head to stop receding!”
“Oh, Theo always gets his [...]

Evaluating Girardi

Many good comments on Girardi’s strengths and weaknesses last week, but try this one for contrast – Jerry Manuel running his team into only the second game- ending unassisted triple play in history. My wife’s cousin was at the game. Citifield went madhouse to morgue in four seconds. She said it was eerie- so was [...]

Weekend

Agreed, Rice is an idiot.  We saw 3 very sloppy games this weekend by the Yankees.  Luckily, they won 2 out of 3 because the RedSox are just not as good as we thought.  Cano has to get his head in the game and stop styling when he goes to catch a ball.  Len said [...]