Yardwork: Big Papi Now Has as Many Home Runs as Carlos Zambrano
Baseball May 21st. 2009, 11:00am
Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 3: He finally did it, David Ortiz is back! Although, not sure how special the big fella feels considering it was one of four home runs given up in the fifth by the charitable Brett Cecil. Brad Penny improved to 4-1 on the year despite a horrendous, bloated ERA of 6.07. As expected, it’s getting crowded atop the AL East.
Tigers 5, Rangers 3: Wilkin RamÃrez endeared himself to Tiger fans with a solo home run to lead off the sixth inning in his major league debut. Since getting hammered by the Rangers in late April, Justin Verlander has ripped off five excellent starts, including his fourth win last night.
Cards 2, Cubs 1: Chris Carpenter threw five scoreless innings in his return from the DL and Ryan Franklin, who makes Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart look conservative, worked a shaky ninth, allowing the lone Cubs run, but recovered to pick up the save.
Reds 5, Phils 1: After a rough outing against the Padres, Aaron Harang and his trusty Dorito returned to form, going seven innings and giving up one run while striking out nine.
Marlins 8, D-Backs 6; D-Backs 11, Marlins 9: In the two games, Justin Upton had five hits, fours runs scored and six RBI. Safe to say, I drafted the wrong Upton, and he doesn’t even turn 22 until late August.
Yankees 11, Orioles 4: Yanks won their eighth straight behind back-to-back-to-back jacks from Swisher, Canó and Melky. Through five innings, Phil Hughes had nine strikeouts on 89 pitches, but Girardi took him out. No wonder he exudes the confidence of John Clayton on prom night.
White Sox 7, Twins 4: A seven-run fourth led by Jermaine Dye’s grand slam off Frank Liriano put the Sox up for good.
Indians 6, Royals 5: Kerry Wood’s expected terrifying ninth was highlighted by three walks. But hey, he didn’t blow it this time!
Dodgers 2, Mets 1: L.A. sweeps the three-game series and the Mets waste a great start from Livan Hernandez, who threw seven innings of one-run ball. They’ve lost four in a row and Reyes is hurt again. Insert an abundance of chaos and various Met trade rumors here.
Mariners 1, Angels 0: Chris Jakubauskas pitched the shutout win and looks exactly like the Joker.
This has to be the sickest inside the park home run I’ve ever been privileged enough to witness live, in person:
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May 21st, 2009 at 11:09 am
Oak 7
TB 6
SNK baseball > RBI baseball
May 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
And Pat Burrell is on the rag.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
The Orioles’ bullpen fucking blows mancock. Adam Jones, on the other hand, is a manchild.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:13 am
Pat Burrell is on the rag
sucks
May 21st, 2009 at 11:13 am
Ken Griffey Presents Major League Baseball >> RBI Baseball
May 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am
@ill: Jones ripped that 2-run shot. Wiggington’s was a bomb.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am
It’s official San Diego agrees to trade Peavy pending Peavy waiving the no trade clause.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:17 am
RBI Baseball in the arcades, circa 1987 >>>>>>>>> RBI Baseball at home
May 21st, 2009 at 11:18 am
Ken Griffey Presents Major League Baseball >> RBI Baseball
Baseball Stars is better than both.
I also grew up with Bases Loaded, which for some reason had a really good player named ‘Paste’.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:19 am
Baseball Stars was amazing.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:19 am
Don’t mind me… completely omitted that one-liner… I need to figure out if I want to work or comment all day…. I can do one but not the other
May 21st, 2009 at 11:23 am
That is a great video.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:29 am
@Hernia, Jones is having his coming out party this year. Roberts, Jones, Markakis will be an awesome 1-2-3 for the next 4-5 years. The young pitching can’t get up to the Bigs soon enough, though.
The O’s caught the Yanks at a bad time. They are playing well right now.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:37 am
As a Cardinals fan, I was more than pleased with Carp’s outing, but at the same time, I was holding my breath with every pitch he threw. Here’s hoping he can get through to the All-Star break without getting a hangnail or stubbed toe.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:40 am
@ill: Totally agree. Big Markakis fan.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:47 am
TSH-nothing about Kangaroo Court?
May 21st, 2009 at 11:51 am
ill, any of those arms bullpen? or will they be mostly starters?
/sherrill is killing my fantasy team
May 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am
No love for Micro League Baseball?
May 21st, 2009 at 11:56 am
Ortiz gets first homer of season as Red Sox crush Blue Jays
Really? “Crush”? 5 runs is officially a crushing? I smell some Boston bias…
May 21st, 2009 at 11:59 am
TSH- these guys do some genius stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjrVWWx3Z2g&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fuser%2FMagicHugs%23uploads%2F21%2FRk5RAe2WpO0&feature=player_profilepage
you will not be disappointed
May 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
RBI is best game ever…. pitcher only lasts 3-4 innings
May 21st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
@badger – Umm… It’s hard to tell. I think that Matusz, Tillman, Patton, and Arrieta will all get their chance first at starting. Depending on what success they experience early on, will decide whether they make the move to the pen. I don’t see many “closer” types in the system right now, maybe Erbe.
If you are looking for a replacement to Sherrill, I’d watch Jim Johnson. I doubt Sherrill will be moved (i screamed that we should have traded him last year while his value was high!) but if he is removed from the closer role, Johnson will likely beat out Chris Ray for the spot, based on this year’s performance.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
basewars!
May 21st, 2009 at 12:19 pm
basewars!
I completely forgot about Base Wars. The only con to that game was that playing a full 9 innings took forever because each time there was a close play the two robots had to fight and that usually took 5-10 minutes each time.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
It was 8-0 after five innings. The Sox hit 4 HR in one inning. That article was probably finished before the seventh inning.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:22 pm
yeah, i think i borrowed that game from a friend, only remember him getting pissed b/c i tried playing a season but had the game for almost a year, haha.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I hate that fucking game. It was horrible.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Agreed. But it’s not like the AP has a print paper deadline…