Wednesday Morning Quick Hitters

Dice K pitched as usual and still wins. He threw 105 pitches in 5 innings, walked 6 and struck out 5 an still got his 15th win. The Sox beat the Orioles 7 – 2. In other Sox news, Captain Carl Yastrzemski had successful triple by pass surgery yesterday. For you whipper snappers that haven’t see Yaz in action, check out this 3 partner on YouTube on the 1967 World Series. Yet more Sox news, good times to come, Josh Beckett has numbness in his arm, and to steal a joke, does that mean that Clay Buchholtz have numbness in his head?

Tampa Bay just keeps winning. The Rays beat the Angels again, 4 – 2.

The New York Yankees continue their freefall, losing to the Toronto Blue Jays 2 – 1.

The AL Central stayed the same as the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5 – 0 , while the Minnesota Twins blasted the Oakland A’s 13 – 2. Kevin Slowey struck out 12 continuing his stretch of masterful pitching. The Pale Hose still have a 1 game lead on the Twins.

While off the field the Mets got bad news on closer Billy Wagner, on the field, the Mets beat up on Atlanta Braves 7 – 3.

Philadelphia Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins heard it loud and clear from the Phillies fans last night, but that didn’t stop the team from defeating the Washington Nationals 5 – 4. The Phils stayed 1 1/2 games back of the Mets.

Rich Harden and the Chicago Cubs had another stellar game, shutting out the Cincinnati Reds 5 – 0.

The Milwaukee Brewers lost another game in the standings as Ben Sheets is just 1 – 5 since the All Star break, losing to the Houston Astros 5 – 2.

The Arizona Diamondbacks held on for dear life as the San Diego Padres scrored 3 runs in the 9th, falling just short of a comeback and finally losing to the D-Backs 7 – 6.

The LA Dodgers lost ground in the NL West, losing to the Colorado Rockies 8 – 3. The Dodgers are 1 game behind Arizona.

The Philadelphia 76ers have signed Theo Ratliff.

Gordan Giricek is the latest NBA vet to bolt for Europe.

It’s a done deal, Chris Henry re-signed with the Bengals.

The Arizona Cardinals seem to be in a standoff with Anquan Boldin.

Trent Edwards leaves Buffalo Bills practice with a leg injury.

Oh oh, Peyton Manning may not be as ready as we all though.

Greatest Idea Ever For Phils Fans

http://www.philliesnation.com/archives/2008/08/cheer-on-the-phils-tuesday-night/

I wonder if Utley will say “Yay?! F*ck you!”…..

J-Roll Can Roll Right Out of Town

So do we ask for the trade after we alienate the fan base or

do we poison the season and clubhouse first?

I always wondered what the affinity for Jimmy Rollins was. Through years of being in involved in fantasy baseball, people loved to take Rollins, and always plucked him high in drafts. I could never figure it out, as he had never hit over .300 in a season, and until he hit 25 homers in 2006 (and 30 the next season) he was never really a huge power guy. He could steal bases, but hell, so could Vince Coleman. Last season he won the MVP award, and I could then see why everyone was so taken with this guy. He was (supposedly) of high character, a hard worker, everything you would want in a team leader. He was the face of the Phillies franchise, and then came 2008. I am really not sure what bug crawled up this guy’s ass, but the Phillies may want to have a team doctor take a look at it. First he fails to hustle on a pop-up earlier this season and gets taken out of a game. Then he shows up late to an afternoon game against the second place Mets and gets benched for 8 2/3rds innings (which the Phillies lost). The third takes it for me, and proves to me that you should always trust your first instincts. On “Best Damn” last night, he was asked what it was like to be a player in Philadelphia. His answers were not what you would call warm, fuzzy, or comforting (unless as a fan you like to be called a “front runner“). In fact, on Phillies Nation’s Myspace page, they have announced that “Jimmy Rollins is a douchebag“. Pretty astounding fall for a guy who was the toast of the town less than one year ago, don’t you think? Maybe this is Rollins way of telling us he doesn’t like Manuel and wants out, or his way of riling Phils fans up to take the attention away from the fact that this team has squandered one opportunity after another to run away with their division, but whatever it is, it should be his ticket out of town. The last thing an MLB team needs is a guy to cause Manny Ramirez-like distractions, and Rollins is heading down that same path. Regardless of how the rest of this season plays out (short of a World Series win) I would expect Mr. Rollins to be on his way out of town this off-season, which by the sounds of it, is exactly what he wants.