Hey! It was a win!

Let me just say last night’s game was a good thing.
It wasn’t a pretty thing… it wasn’t good for the blood pressure. But at this point wins are wins.

Granted when you score 10 runs in the first, there should not be ANY tension.
When you score 14 through 6 innings, the other team should be thinking about which utility infielder should coming in to pitch.

When you have 15 runs on the board going into the 8th, you shouldn’t be saying “Man we need to come back.”

When you have 15 runs on the board, Okajima should be back in his apartment taking a nap, not pitching in the 7th.

When you score 19 runs, the only way there should be a save situation would be the “pitch the last 3 innings” like Wes Littleton did in the 30-3 win last year.

But in the end, it doesn’t matter. Papi went nuts as did Fenway.
A win is a win…
2 up in the loss column for the Wild Card.
4 back in the loss column.

95 wins will in all probability clinch a playoff spot.
42 games left.
The Sox need to go 26-16.

If they win 26 games 19-17, I’ll be fine.
I’ll need some Tums, but I’ll be fine.

Back

I am back from South Dakota... Had a great time at the Full Throttle, but it was time to head back to California.

Man there is NO baseball in South Dakota.
And not a lot of time to update Sully Baseball.

Well, I'm back and expect a flurry of new postings.

AUGUST 19TH crazy good show

JOIN THE VARIETY SHAC's HEATHER LAWLESS, CHELSEA PERETTI, ANDREA ROSEN, AND SHONALI BHOWMIK (WITH HER BAND TIGERS AND MONKEYS)

AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, 8PM DOORS

WITH
JIM GAFFIGAN
TODD BARRY
and
AN EXTRA SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST

$12

Show info and tickets.

THAT'S TUESDAY AUGUST 19TH, TUESDAY IS THE OPTIMAL NIGHT FOR A SHOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

Another great Comical Radio interview

Here's the other one:



Two classics.

Why not have the Hall of Fame game count?

So the Hall of Fame game is no longer going to be an event at Cooperstown. No longer will there be an exhibition of Major League Baseball being played during the best celebration of Major League Baseball of the year.

It’s a shame… but quick, tell me the final score of last year’s Hall of Fame Game!
Tell me who played!

I know I can’t answer that. I have no clue.
The game isn’t aired mainly because it doesn’t count.

It’s a strange exhibition played in the middle of the season in an Upstate New York town that baseball WASN’T invented in.

But it is a nice tradition… and it can easily be saved.

Make the game count.
Why not?

Have a regular season Major League baseball game played at Cooperstown the Monday after the Hall of Fame inductions.

How great would that be? You could invite the Hall of Famers to sit in the crowd while the stadium is packed and an outdoor traditional park would see hard nosed baseball…

Maybe a future Hall of Famer would be playing in the game.

Spare me any talk about the grueling schedule.
You could give both teams that play in the game the Tuesday off. The lousy players are making six figure salaries. They can rough it.

I don’t want to hear about irregular travel.
I watched my Red Sox start the season in Japan this year. I think that travel was a smidge irregular. I’m not talking about going to Asia… I’m talking upstate New York!

And spare me any discussion about the facility not being up to Major League Standards.
The A’s had to start the 1996 season in Las Vegas.
The 1996 Republican Convention forced the Padres to play in Monterry Mexico.
The Expos played 20 some odd games in San Juan in 2003 and 2004.

You are telling me we can’t play one game in Cooperstown?

And I don’t want to hear about how this would affect attendance.
The Yankees are a decent draw and they played a pair of games in Japan in 2004.
The Red Sox draw everywhere on the road and they played in Japan too.

And why not take a team that isn’t drawing and have them play in Cooperstown?
The Marlins are only a game and a half out of first but only draw 15,000 a game in Miami.

For God’s sake a packed Doubleday Field might be the only packed house the Marlins would play to all year.

So come on! One game a year in Cooperstown. Give it a shot!

I know making decisions that are good for the long term growth of the game isn’t exactly in Bud Selig’s wheel house… but give it a shot.

I am so sorry Andy Sonnanstine

Last year I made fun of Andy Sonnanstine only to apologize to his family the next day.

Now he is the top winner for the Tampa Bay Rays...
The first place Tampa Bay Rays.

Man... who knew he was going to be an ace?
I thought he was just another tomato can.

Nice Job, Pirates

Seriously... nice job.

Assuming Tampa can win 17 of their last 53 games to finish above .500, the Pirates would be the only team to not break even a single season since the divisions expanded in 1994.

In a potentially dead trade market, Pittsburgh was one of the few teams with trade chips that people wanted. A solid outfielder like Xavier Nady... a reliever with October experience like Damaso Marte and an All Star caliber hitter like Jason Bay.

And they dealt them all... and didn't get a single top flight prospect for any of them.
Mediocre prospects all, including the Red Sox's Craig Hansen who as it turned out was NOT the effective reliever I thought he was becoming.

So you are a mediocre team who makes trades to ensure you REMAIN a mediocre team.
Great work!

Seriously Pirate fans... I don't know how you do it