Universally loved by friend and foe alike, and with good reason. One of MLB's classiest and most approachable and genuinely humble stars.
He never got a big head . . . not from 'roids and not from fame.
Old school all the way. :thumbusup:
Thome just hit his 600th home run. I was in the seats to see him hit his 400th HR June 14, 2004 against the Reds. That was incredible to see. He's a great player.
Helms was awful in Philly, but he always destroyed us when he played for another team. Seemed like a good dude, though. Never complained about being a role player. Dobbs used to be one of the game's best PHs. What happened there?
That's funny, I saw him hit his 300th with the Phillies. I was at most of that game, there were several long rain delays.
Actually, he hit his 300th when he was with the Indians off Eric Milton, who the Phillies' starter the night he hit his 400th. That means we were at the same game. They probably did everything they could to not call the game early as it went into its first rain delay at mid 3rd, which eventually lasted nearly 2.5hrs. It was eventually called mid 9th. It's funny because it was a make up a previously rained out game.
You're right, they were playing at Philly. That was our first time in CBP, so my friend and I walked around the stadium just seeing all the cool stuff. We were used to the Vet. I now remember that we had RF bleacher seats, which are the farthest away and prove there's not a bad seat in that park.
Eric Milton. Jeez. All I remember was that he gave up a LOT of home runs.
Verlander is just the 7th pitcher since 1970 to reach 18 wins, 200 innings and 200 strikeouts by August 16.... 4 of the previous 6 pitchers went on to win the Cy Young Award:
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18077587&topic_id=8878860&c_id=bos
Red Sox turned a pretty nifty triple play last night. Pedroia's pivot was particularly sweet to watch.
Poor Shawn Rodriguez. He was HBP in both games and grounds into a triple play.
Pedey has skills...
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18077587&topic_id=8878860&c_id=bos
Red Sox turned a pretty nifty triple play last night. Pedroia's pivot was particularly sweet to watch.
Poor Shawn Rodriguez. He was HBP in both games and grounds into a triple play.
Yeah, it was a nice looking 5-4-3 triple play. One of the HBP was on his knee, but he later stole a base, so no worries there. Luckily the Rays still won to split the twin bill. Complete games by Shields and Niemann as well.
We have a TV at the office, so it's nice to walk by and get an update on the game. Another afternoon game today. If only I could borrow a laptop and remote into my main system to do work and watch at the same time.
Valverde sucks in non-save situations, Leyland is an idiot. I didn't watch the game though, so that's the extent of my analysis.
Rays had Boston's number this week. Price was great yesterday.
Things fell apart for Valverde last night against Morneau. I guess he's human eh? Tough loss for Detroit as Cleveland gained a game.
Cliff Lee rights the ship for Philly and shows AZ they don't belong with the big dawgs, even if they pulled off the dramatic win vs Halladay the night before. It was a fluke.
Boy the Mets are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad. They almost look like they are mailing it in now. Sandy Alderson has lots o' work ahead of him. ...also Angel Pagan has the shits.
Ahh, the Vanimal getting some off this AAA team...
Lol: Vance 1, Other Phillies 8, Mets 0.
And he's now retired 15 straight, with a career high 8 strikeouts.