Love that Dirty Water

Other than the Loss last night taken by the Boston Julio Lugos, I mean Red Sox we have been playing lights out baseball. And continuing to be the most obnoxious and diabolical player in the clubhouse is Julio Lugo.

As of late the emergence of Nick Green being a steady short stop is growing and coincidentally the time that Loogie is spending on the pine is also increasing. If not a tell all sign that Tito and management is about done with their 36 mil a year investment. He has been nothing but less than mediocre since his inception in Boston and don't look for that to change anywhere else.

On Saturday night he gets his first start in a week and goes out there and looks like Pete Rose at the dish, well Pete Rose mixed with Roger Dorn from Major League. He collected 4 hits and then it is almost assured that he's going to get the start the next day which he does. Partly for two reasons, you don't take a hot bat out of the lineup, but unless he drives in more runs then he lets in SIT HIS ASS DOWN! The other reason is to give the scuffling Pedroia two consecutive days off.

I'm starting to think that Dustin ISN'T allowed to take games off anymore if we don't have another utility infielder up here. Because Green is at second the shit show that is Julio Lugo has to attempt double plays (we'll say attempt because very rarely is it clean or textbook in the way he goes about his defense.) Sunday was no exception. a ball hit to green and with Chase Utley bearing down on him he doesn't get enough on the throw and forces Daniel Bard to dive/stretch for the ball which could have gotten them out of the inning. Also another throwing error by Lugo allowed them to get another runner to third at some other point in the game I'm not sure of because I was thoroughly disgusted with his play I didn't bother looking at the scoreboard.

I'm almost tired of writing about this bum, but somehow he keeps coming up in EVERY blog. He is kind of like Mike TV from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he wants everything his way, he wants to play and he doesn't care who gets in his way. Now if we could only use that incredible shrinking machine to rid us of our problem we'd be all set.

Stay Tuned

Ryan