Sometimes Merlot Joe’s mixing and matching works perfect. Sometimes it blows up in his face. Today was a little of both but more so the juggling of lineups like shuffling a deck of cards worked for the Rays skipper. John Jaso sits for Kelly Shoppach. Boom! Two-run homer. The immortal Elliot Johnson [...]
Joe’s been pretty rough on Briggy this season. Simply put, if a guy is going to be handed a starting job on a team vying for a playoff spot in the American League East, Joe expects said player to play like a major leaguer. For much of the season, Briggy struggled to [...]
Joe was going to sign off on his allegiance to Sonny in this missive. The words of how good of a pitcher Sonny (is alleged) to be from the likes of Don Zimmer and Tony La Russa as well as the memory of his studly pitching in 2008 make Joe [...]
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The One Where We Discuss Kotchman’s Luck, JoeMa In The NL, And Another Big Game For James
Dave Martinez has a beard. A man’s beard. Johnny Damon has caveman scruff. Reid Brignac has some hip-hop wannabe chinstrap “beard.” So what is going on when Dave leans in to whisper into Damon’s ear? So have at it amateur caption writers. What is going on in this picture…
An ugly seventh inning — basically one pitch — did in Wade Davis tonight. No, Joe cannot pin this loss on Davis, even though he did get the loss. Davis pitched admirable only allowing seven hits. No, this loss is on the offense, which seemed like a Derek Shelton special [...]
So much for the Indians being dominant at home. Now they’re just another team on their own turf that couldn’t handle the alone-in-first-place Rays. The ridiculous run by the good guys now moves to 21-7, after today’s rubber game saw the Rays deliver another hit parade and land on the right [...]
Reid Brignac has exactly zero extra-base hits in 82 at bats this season. So when we saw him holding a bat and talking to Sean Rodriguez, who is hitting .211 but has 11 extra-base hits, it made us wonder…what could they be talking about? So have at it amateur caption [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: David Price. King David did not allow a base runner until the 5th inning and held the Indians to [...]
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: Evan Longoria. It is nice to once again have a legit big league all-star-caliber bat in the lineup. Dirtbag [...]
