Reunited and It Doesn’t Feel So Good

The Roger Clemens watch is now over. During the 7th inning stretch of the Yankees-Mariners game, he announced that he is returning to pitch for the Evil Empire. It will be about a month before he is ready to pitch in New York.

“Thank you all. Well, they came and got me out of Texas, and uh, I can tell you, it’s a privilege to be back. I’ll be talkin’ to you all soon.”

Honestly, the Yankees do need him more than any team in baseball right now. Their pitching staff has been decimated by injuries.

Friggin Yankees!

Update: The terms of the deal were announced. He will receive a prorated $28 million dollar contract for one year. So for each month, he will make $4.5 million dollars.

I guess it was about the money huh Roger.

Sunday Stroll Around The Majors

Gordon Edes from the Boston Globe talks about how last season’s trades are working out for the Red Sox.

Jorge Sosa came up from Triple-A and led the Mets to a victory last night.

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada probably didn’t sleep much last night.

Yet another Phillies reliever landed on the 15 day DL.

Toronto CF Vernon Wells pulled a fast one on the crowd in Cleveland.

Ryan Langerhans is hoping to show his defensive skills to the Nationals fans.

Devil Rays pitcher Edwin Jackson got a pep talk from a Twins broadcaster.

Wes Obermuller has taken Anibel Sanchez’s spot in the Marlins rotation.

Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen has a stress fracture and will miss 8 weeks.

The Cardinals got bad news when they found out their ace, Chris Carpenter will be out until August.

White Sox OF Jermaine Dye is ok with being a “hired gun” if the White Sox are out of it.

Reds OF Ken Griffey, Jr. is very superstitious when it comes to his hitting.

The Brewers have had bad luck in free agency until their signing of Jeff Suppan in the offseason.

Twins catcher Joe Mauer had an MRI on his injured quad this morning.

Felix Pie will stick around a little longer for the Cubs.

Does your team need a pitcher? Just ask the Royals if you can have one of their extras.

The Pirates are not a fundamentally sound team.

Andy Marte is eligible to return from the DL for the Indians but won’t.

Hunter Pence hit his first career home run for the Astros. It was a grand slam.

Aaron Cook got his first win since August 27th, 2006 for the Rockies.

Joel Zumaya is heading to the DL for the Tigers after hearing something pop in his knuckle.

Heath Bell is showing the Padres why they traded for him.

Is anyone on the Angels besides Vlad Guerrero ever going to hit?

The young players for the Diamondbacks are struggling at the plate right now.

Julio Mateo was demoted to Triple-A after being arrested for his role in a domestic dispute.

Chin-hui Tsao has some admirers on the Dodgers coaching staff.

Kevin Millwood isn’t happy the Rangers placed him on the DL.

All eyes in San Francisco will be on Tim Lincecum tonight.

Milton Bradley won’t come off the DL for the A’s because of an undisclosed wrist injury.

 

 

 

 

 

Twins Bailed Out By Bullpen; Beat Sox 2-1

On a night where Johan Santana Julian Tavarez had his best stuff, the Red Sox bats decided to go cold when they had runners on base. They stranded 12 runners on base and the Twins bullpen preserved the lead it was given and they beat the Sox 2-1.

Santana was awful on Saturday. The Sox got to him for seven hits but only a Dustin Pedroia double down the left field line in the 4th that scored Wily Mo Peña was the only run the Sox could score. Santana ended up going a season low 5 innings, allowing the 7 hits and 1 run while walking 2 and striking out 6 Sox batters.

Tavarez did get into some trouble in the 2nd inning when both Twinkies runs crossed the plate. Torii Hunter led off the inning with a ground out to Pedroia. The reigning AL MVP, Justin Morneau, hit a single, the only ball that Tavarez allowed out of the infield. He then walked Jason Kubel and Jeff Cirillo to load the bases up. Light hitting Jason Tyner grounded into a fielder’s choice that scored Morneau. Jason Bartlett then drove in the winning run with an infield single to Mike Lowell at 3rd base.

Overall though, Tavarez was outstanding. He went 6 innings, allowing only 4 hits, and the 2 runs. He did walk 3 Twins and struck out 7. Joel Piñero came in and pitched two perfect innings.

After Santana left the game, it was all about the Twins bullpen. Four Twins relievers combined to pitch 4 shutout innings, allowing no hits. They did walk 4 and also struck out 4 with Joe Nathan coming in to finish the Red Sox off.

Pedroia and the hot hitting Manny Ramirez both managed to get two hits each off Santana.

The Simple Life: Paris Goes To Jail

If you’re Paris Hilton, you received some bad news yesterday. Paris was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. The probation stems from when she was arrested last year for reckless driving. She had her license suspended and has been caught by the paparazzi driving her car while under suspension. She also failed to enroll in a court mandated alcohol program.She has to report to a woman’s jail by June 5th or face 90 days in jail. The judge also said she can’t pay for a cushier jail cell. So Paris won’t be spending her days in a country club jail. She will be just another inmate.

While she’s there, she will be fed three squares a day and even be able to gab on pay phone and watch television. My guess is she stays in her cell and writes more awful music.

Saturday Salute to Bloggers

In a new feature for SOX & Dawgs, I will give you a look at some of the blogs that I read on a daily basis.

Lizzy and Sooze from Babes Love Baseball were seen under the bleachers with John Kruk.

Jason from My Baseball Bias tells us about his new radio show.

Anthony from the Oriole Post shares his pictures from last night’s Indians-Orioles game.

J.D. from SporTech Matter tells us about how pissed off Dolphin fans were when they drafted Ted Ginn, Jr.

Peter from Peter’s Red Sox Forever tells us about Hideki “Darkman” Okajima.

Curt Schilling talks about his start on Tuesday and Papelbon’s blown save.

Wakefield’s Knuckleball Was Dancing Like A Star

Take away the elements and Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball can be downright nasty. The Minnesota Twins are probably wishing they played outside after facing Wakefield on Friday night.

Wake went seven strong innings and Big Papi hit a bomb into the upper deck to lead the Sox past Sooze’s Twins by the final score of 2-0. In his seven innings, Wake allowed 3 hits and walks and struck out 2 Twinkies. He didn’t allow a runner to get past second base. His teammates haven’t been much help as far as run support in his starts but the two runs were enough to get the job done.

The Sox finally got on the board in the 6th when Big Papi hit a 423 foot homerun into the upper deck at the Metrodome off of Carlos Silva. Silva pitched very well too for the Twins.

The Sox tacked on another run in the top half of the 9th inning when J.D. Drew hit a triple and came home to score on a Coco Crisp single. Jonathan Papelbon came on in the 9th to finish the Twinkies off.

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Beasts of the East – An AL EAST Radio Show – Debut Tomorrow Morning

 

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BRAND NEW RADIO SHOW

Get your AL East bias on tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM EST with a brand new weekly internet radio show called “Beasts of the East – An AL EAST Radio Show” on BlogTalkRadio.com. Joining me for the hour will be four bloggers who follow their respective AL EAST team with great passion and enthusiasm.

If you’d like to call in, the phone number is 718-664-6564 or you can send us an instant message if you use AOL IM at hitskeepcoming20.

Join us at: http://blogtalkradio.com/oriolepost at 11:00 AM EST tomorrow morning.

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DEBUT WEEK GUEST LINEUP –

SHOW OUTLINE AND TOPICS –

I. INTRO

II. PANEL INTRODUCTIONS

III. STANDINGS OVERVIEW

IV. TOP NEWS STORIES OF THIS WEEK –

  • Yankees woes, Phil Hughes, trainer fired, turnaround in Texas
  • Red Sox take 2 of 3 from the Yanks, Lester’s progress, Mike Timlin DL, Dice-K’s wildness
  • Orioles recent skid, Jaret Wright back on DL, Ramon is back, bullpen woes, rotation outlook
  • Blue Jays DL woes, rotation outlook, Dustin McGowan call-up, up/down play, Lind/Hill
  • Devil Rays young guys (Shields and Upton), Iwamura update, Is Scott Kazmir okay?

V. TEAM REPORTS FROM OUR GUESTS

VI. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON THE TOP NEWS STORIES

VII. A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD

Every show is available afterwards as a podcast or you can download it and listen to it in your free time.

Friday’s Fast Walk Around the AL & NL West

The Rockies aren’t living up to their high expectations.

Reggie Willits is having a tough time in the field but has a 10 game hitting streak going right now for the Angels.

The Padres need pitching depth in Triple-A after losing a pitcher for the season.

Mariners OF Ichiro set an AL record last night with his 41st consecutive stolen base.

Chad Tracy may end up on the DL for the Diamondbacks.

Nothing is going right for the Texas Rangers right now.

An unamed Dodgers star used to drink during the games.

With the injury to Mike Piazza, the A’s traded for Jack Cust from the Padres.

After tearing up Triple-A, Tim Linceum is set to make his debut for the Giants on Sunday.

My Name Is Rudy

We all remember the movie ‘Rudy’ and the great speech Charles S. Dutton’s character gave to Sean Astin aka “Rudy” when he was thinking about quitting the football team. Well during last night’s episode of ‘My Name is Earl’, Dutton recreated that speech but this time it was given to Jason Lee’s character ‘Earl’.

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To me what made the scene was when the “dockers” came into the Mr Waadt’s office and wanted to buy appliances to help Earl reach his total of $5,000 in sales. It was just like the movie when the captains of the Notre Dame football team walked into Coach Dan Devine’s office and gave up their spots on the roster. Oddly enough, Astin was in the show as a salesperson and Mr. Waadt was played by Chelcie Ross, who played Devine in the movie.

This is the clip from ‘Rudy’.

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If you want to read how the idea for the show was created, you can check it out here.