Lets get down to business, Top 3 get photos. I’ve been out for awhile and I figure theres a lot to talk about, so heres my way of saying. I’M BACK, HUZZAH.
HERE WE GO
5) Rocco Baldelli knows whats up
This man knows whats up… He’s athletic, hence his awesome diving catch vs the Indians. He can go deep with the long ball, hence his solo shot during the game with Tampa. He can hit for contact and get runs in, hence the RBI double that took the lead against the Indians. QUITE good. He’s a great cover for when J.D. Drew’s glass skeleton breaks again. He also is, by far, one of the better choices to give Jacoby Ellsbury some rest. When Jacoby is feeling it, he can play, but when he’s not Baldelli can step in and kick some butt.
Majorly. Word.
4) Senor Lugo, where have you been until now?
He’s back kiddies. Julio Lugo. The REAL Julio Lugo, not that twerp who showed up at the beginning of the month coming off the DL and batting like he’d never seen a baseball before. This Julio Lugo is actually holding on to the ball instead of dropping it during a play and he is hitting the baseball! Dear lordy, I don’t see where this was a few series ago. Well, keep it up buddyboy.
3) Masterful Masterson
Our boy might be back in the pen next week as Daisuke seems to be heading home soon. Masterson, we’re proud of you. You did better than most bullpen guys could coming up to fill some HUGE shoes. Thanks. We hope to see you back in your most dominant place. Completely destroying everything that moves between the 7th and 8th innings. Maybe someday, you’ll be back in the rotation, but to be quite frank, you’re way too awesome in the pen. Everywhere you are, you are awesome. Also, thank you for signing my baseball at spring training, that was cool.
2) Papelbon 5000
Before I go into this, lets talk about why I titled this Papelbon 5000. I work at a school, and I tend to talk about baseball a LOT. One of the kids, after hearing about Papelbon so much, as he is my favorite Red Sox player, and I have his jersey (and wear it quite often), decided he’d assign a nickname. He now only mentions him as Papelbon 5000.
ANYWAY…
Man, Papelbon is crazy. Look at that face. He’s gonna take someone down. Yes, he did take someone down when we played Tampa. He may have gotten two guys on base, but then it happened. The moment of truth. I don’t know, maybe a light turned on, maybe a spark flicked up, a flash of brilliance maybe. The old Papelbon re-emerged. Three STRAIGHT Strikeouts. Thats what’s up. The next outing he had was solid, albeit not quite as amazing.
The biggest thing I noticed was, Papelbon was getting the high strike again. The rising fastball that made hitters swing came back. That was the ball the made Papelbon the dominant closer he was in the past, and seeing it come back made my day.
Welcome back, Cinco Ocho
1) J-Bay, All The Way
This man is a terminator. The terminator. If you are a pitcher. I would not pitch this man a fastball. He will send it VERY far away. You will not see that fastball again. The order of closers has a hit out on this man. He is dangerous, he is mysterious.
He is… Jason Bay.
J-Bay has become the new definition of clutch. He’s hitting home runs where there should be no runs. He creates comebacks on his own.
Also, now that Manny is out of the picture with that lovely 50 game suspension, the Red Sox have officially won.
“Red Sox won what?” you ask.
We have won the trade. Red Sox Nation is now reaping the better end of the trade. Jason Bay has not only outperformed Manny this year in his time with the sox, causing some miraculous wins and hitting homers like its nothing, but he’s not suspended for 50 games.
I have two words: Epic Win.
Until I get my act together,
-Mike
Tale of Two Leagues
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