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Around The League (AL) 05/01/09

So…boys and girls… In the interest of time I’m going to skip over yesterday’s roundup. Also, besides the Sox game, there were only 3 other games.

That being said… I usually wont skip over days with few games. I just happened to have finals-related business to attend to.
As many of you might know. Finals do take priority.

Anyway… Lets get this started:

1)Minnesota Twins
The Mauer… ACTIVATED:

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Mister Joseph Mauer, you never fail to impress me do you?
As most of you already know, Mauer was activated off the DL on Friday. Boy, was he ready to come back.
In the 1st inning. Mauer did what he does best. Hit the home run.
By the time the game was over, Mauer had gone 2 for 3.
Nice day Joe.

Other stellar performances of the night included our favorite Minnesotan Canadian: Justin Morneau. Who also went 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs/1 HR

Slowey was a bit off on the mound that day giving up 5, but the Minnesota bullpen ripped through giving up 0 ER over 4 innings.

2) New York Yankees
Angels bullpen fails to understand “hold”:
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So.. Weaver sucked pretty hard his first inning… giving up four runs.
Oddly enough, he bounced back and pitched the next five scoreless.
This is where the “penfail” comes in

FYI: Penfail is my new term for when a bullpen blows a game. Don’t like it? Live with it.

So… Angels had just massively rallied in the top of the 6th, and Yankees had gotten shut down by weaver in the bottom.
On to the 8th/9th
Rodriguez gives up two runs
Arredondo gives up two runs
Fuentes can still save right?
Wrong.
Blown save… courtesy of Brian Fuentes (God, I bet you’re missing K-Rod bad right now.)

As for the Yankees… they continue to take advantage of bad pitching quite well.
Their park also continues to astound me with the massive amount of home runs and a ridiculous amount of carry on every hit.

Yanks top performer was Jorge Posada, who went 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs

Someone needs to settle that pen down.

3)Toronto Blue Jays
On Halladay…

Roy Halladay.. is… just.. too good.
Although he did give up 3 ER, he pitched a ******** 8 innings with 6 Ks
Halladay is now 5-1

The best in batting came from Barajas as he went 3 for 5 with 2 RBIs

Orioles need to get their game back. Badly.

4)Cleveland Indians
Rally Killer
It was just too damn close for the Tigers on Friday. Things just didn’t go right for them
Armando Galaragga, usually a solid and masterful pitcher on the mound, gave up 5 runs.
Bad game, shake it off and try again.
The tigers did manage to rally up in the 8th only to be killed one run short of tying it up.

Pavano got the win pitching 7 innings with only 2 ER

My head seems to be aching pretty badly… so for now we must part.
Will be writing about Friday’s Sox game as soon as this headache clears up.

Getting a tylenol,
-Mike

Around The League (AL) 4/28/09

A lot to cover… lets get started:

New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers Bullpen: Ruining Quality Starts Since 2009!
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New York (ugh) had a much needed victory today… giving them a shot at actually winning this series. Edwin Jackson had a quality start, going scoreless for six. 
And then the bullpen came in…
10 Runs in the 7th
What the hell is that?
Thats terrible bullpen work right there.
I do need to give credit where credit is due… Yankees, you can truly produce offense when a pitcher fails (sarcasm).
“I’ve never seen anything like that in my life, you are 0-0 through six, and then it is 10-0? That’s not something I ever remember.” Jim Leyland told the press.
I don’t blame him for being pissed about it. I would be.
One thing I have positive to say about the Yankees
Phil Hughes: You are a damn good pitcher, I am impressed
I hope you get injured soon.
Detroit, Please win for me tonight.
Minnesota Twins
Twinkies Win! Morneau “finds himself”
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Before I begin, I’d like to make a note that I chose this picture because it’s extremely awkward. Morales pretty much tried to jump into Cuddyer’s arms and he pretty much pushed his crotch into Cuddyer’s face. Cuddyer seems to be completely missing Morales as well. 
Anyway…
Justin Morneau started out with a homer, and ended with a hustle.
The game winning play, which was pretty awesome, came with Morneau hustling it out to first to beat out a double play. That hustle was what got it, as the winning run would score.
Nice time to come back Morenau, very nice time.
Lets see if the Twinkies can keep this up


Mariners
Losing Streak Ended: Mariners Come Back
So it seems that after getting beat in the first game, albeit barely, the Mariners were somehow able to come back and DESTROY the White Sox in the second game. 
Touche Mariners, Touche.
Hernandez now has 4 wins under his belt.

Blue Jays
Richmond Rocks, Meche continues to be a steaming pile of… yeah
Vernon Wells had a dominant night, with 3 RBIs
Once again, Coco Crisp got on base and scored… Kansas must be happy they made that trade with the Sox.
Gil Meche continues to be completely not dominant, giving up 5 runs on 7 hits and 5 walks.. 
He left the game after 3 and 2/3 innings with “lower back stiffness”
I think that is code for “I’m failing, take me out”


Those who weren’t mentioned today I didn’t find exciting. Angels, try and
make your games more thrilling please. I also have to admit that I didn’t watch the Rangers/A’s game… Both teams have absolutely no significance to me fantasy or otherwise. I promise I’ll watch all the games for tonight. Pinky Swear.

Feeling somewhat energetic today
-Mike



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