Good morning, campers!
Here are recent links that will keep those dreaded TPS reports from being sent in on time:
- Mariner Brendan Ryan’s quick thinking on his infield hit allowed him to get all the way to third base, but was it as impressive as this heads-up play by then-Blue Jay Marco Scutaro?
- Yankee manager Joe Girardi thought that starting pitcher Bartolo Colon was fatigued in the fifth inning of Friday night’s game against the Red Sox, but interestingly his fast ball had not lost any of its velocity. (With the bases loaded and Adrian Gonzalez due up, replacing Colon with LOOGY Boone Logan was still a smart move.)
- Isn’t it way too early to begin debating who are Most Valuable Players in each league? Doug Schoenfield of the SweetSpot blog doesn’t seem to mind.
- Fangraphs’ Joe Pawlikowski analyzes the question: “How much different would the Sox offense look if both [Adam] Dunn and [Alex] Rios reached their preseason projections?”
- Tom Tango of the Inside the Book blog was less than impressed with a runner’s attempt to steal third base in the ninth inning game when his team was down by two runs.
- In a piece on A’s general manger Billy Beane, Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated points out that in today’s game “young players have acquired more perceived value than real value.”
- Will the suddenly ice-cold Pirates win a game anytime soon? And how worried should the fans be about third baseman Pedro Alvarez?
- “What in the hell was Tony LaRussa thinking last night,” asks Hardball Talk’s Craig Calcaterra? (Why should last night be different from all other nights?)
The Mariners’ Trayvon Robinson made a memorable debut by robbing Torii Hunter of a home run.
Have a walk-off week!
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