Yardwork: Sizemore Reaches 30-30
Baseball August 26th. 2008, 10:00am
Indians 4, Tigers 3 (10): Grady Sizemore became the first Indians outfielder to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases since Joe Carter in 1987, and the first American Leaguer to accomplish said feat since A. Soriano in 2005. Franklin Gutierrez broke a 3-3 tie with a 10th inning homer off Gary Glover, son of La’Roi.
Phillies 5, Dodgers 0: Brett Myers struck out eight in seven innings and Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI to turn the weekend’s boos into Monday’s standing ovation. Man, Philly, that’s a shade of Cardinals fandom hypocrisy. The win finished off Philly’s first sweep of the Dodgers in 23 years, when Pedro Guerrero and Mariano Duncan were household names. Lots of activator juice in those scalps, I say.
White Sox 4, Orioles 3: Jim Thome hit his second homer in as many days and 28th of the season to break a 3-3 tie in the 6th that stood throughout thanks to three shutout innings from Dotel, Thornton and Jenks. Alexei Ramirez had four hits and upped his average to .314. As for Thome, he’s one career homer past Jimmie Foxx and one behind Mickey Mantle. Neither of those two wore a cup as big as Jim’s. Before all that jazz, the Orioles won a suspended game 4-3, which forced the record books to credit Ken Griffey, Jr. as having played for both the Reds and White Sox on April 28th. It’s kind of like when Ravishing Rick Rude appeared on a taped edition of Monday Night Raw and live version of Nitro on the same night in the fall of 1997. I miss you, Ravishing.
Mets 9, Astros 1: Carlos Delgado hit a pair of three-run homers and Mike Pelfrey pitched his second straight complete game, the first Mets pitcher to do that since Bret Saberhagen in 19nobodygivesaflyinggooseass. Pelfrey struck out six and didn’t walk a man against the only team in baseball named after a dog in a Hanna Barbera cartoon. I’d have much preferred Houston’s baseball team be named the Scoobies or Scooby Snacks.
Rangers 9, Royals 4: Nelson Cruz had three hits, including a three-run homer in his season debut for the Rangers. If you’re unfamiliar with Cruz, he was hitting .342 with 37 home runs at Oklahoma and led the minors with a .693 slugging percentage. He follows in the path trailblazed by Jose, Jose Jr., Ivan, Deivi, Jacob, Carnival, Hector and Nelson, according to Chris Berman.
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August 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am
grady rocks…best player in MLB.
/delusional
August 26th, 2008 at 10:04 am
He’s pretty close Spence
August 26th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Imig, don’t forget what made that even better was that Rude had a beard and mustache on RAW and no facial hair on Nitro.
Man, the Indians got hot while I was away.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
unrelated, and probaly late…
Hannah Storm is still alive? When did she get on Sportscenter? I used to love her as a kid.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Indians on the warpath…gonna win the central!
/also delusional
August 26th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Consistency wise, I would put Sizemore in the top 10 for sure, probably top 3 or 4 in the AL.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am
August 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am
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oops
August 26th, 2008 at 10:15 am
@makblunt… Saw Hannah Storm at the Final 4 2 years ago. She is stunning in person. Long, lean, and very beautiful. She stopped everyone in their tracks.
She started on the live morning SportsCenter a couple of weeks ago.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am
The only team in baseball named after a dog in a Hanna Barbera cartoon.
Only because they wouldn’t let us stay named after the ‘gun that won the west’!
(And by ‘won the west’ we mean killed tons of Injuns)
August 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am
She looks like she needs to eat, saw one of the Olsen twins at LAX, looked just as anorexic in person.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Grady’s been the best player in the AL so far this year. A-Rod might nip him by the end, though.
Now Grady has something in common with Brandon Phillips.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Why is inside the NFL now on showtime?
August 26th, 2008 at 10:20 am
HBO chose to not pick up the show.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:21 am
i agree…but giambi’s mustache got 1,000x more attention than grady has received all year.
/fuck new york
August 26th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I had forgotten about the facial hair aspect. That’s great stuff.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:30 am
If gady goes 40/40 I might have to say fuck CQ…Cant believe Im saying that but Grady is a beast and should demand a trade next year.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Royals? Never heard of them
August 26th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Grady dumps on CQ.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Spence…Rizzo has Erin Andrews on right now.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Here is a link to the show.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Since when is it hypocritical to boo bad play and cheer good play?
August 26th, 2008 at 10:37 am
tuna…i can’t do streaming stuff, IT guys get all pissy. then again, im probably not missing much, what can she really say that’s worth a damn?
August 26th, 2008 at 10:38 am
spence, she said she digs Ohio jazz guitarists with bama bangs. you would’ve creamed yourself.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:41 am
@bigtuna… +1.
From the Rizzo show… Just learned that EA will be reporting from the OSU sideline at the Coliseum for the SC game. Lisa Salters will be on the other side…
August 26th, 2008 at 10:46 am
good thing she’s on the good side.
clown…REALLY!?!?!?!?!?!?!
/creams self
//great…6 more hours in the day and my pants have been heavily creamed
August 26th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
@Tampa Bo- because it’s not on HBO anymore…