Home Almost Sweet Home.

This Just in, Brad Penny threw more than 5 innings and the Red Sox Win. He was absolutely 'pumping ched' in the strike zone that night. Routinely hitting 97 on the gun with every fastball was just what the doctor ordered in our return back to the Fens. Jon Lester continued his dominance of the Baltimore Orioles, he still has an unblemished record against those Orange Birds. Our offense started to wake up and then in walks John Smoltz…

Now I was all for this signing at the beginning of the season, but my patience is starting to run thin. Smoltz has not only been ineffective, but he has looked old. And if I have to hear, " I made one bad pitch but I'm a bulldog and it will happen," again I'm going to punch a dog. Although any fastball over 90 mph is a good fastball, his has had no extra "life" that a future Hall of Famer has. He's looked like exactly what Greg Maddux looked like with the Padres. Although, there were brief flashes of brilliance he's going to be nothing more than a fringe starter and won't be a winner at his age.

The weekend debut of Adam Laroche was nothing short of brilliant. In his first game he cracks a home run. He collected two more hits on Sunday. And although it seems like he is not just "moving in slow motion," as Jason Bay said, but actually moving backwards, he is a solid player and after seeing first hand he actually does have the PERFECT swing for Fenway Park.

Although I'm an avid Republican and HATE FLIP-FLOPPERS I am changing my stance on what's going to happen at the deadline. I would love to see Halladay in a Boston Uni, but I'm hopeful that they are going to run after Adrian Gonzalez. Reports were that they inquired on him and I feel if they are going to overpay for ANYONE they should overpay for him. He's only 26 and only makes 4.25 mil next year! GET ON THAT TRAIN IMMEDIATELY.

The real thing that's irking me today is Clay Buchholz. He IS NOT THAT GOOD (as far as major leaguers are concerned). What most people forget is that Clay is just 6 months younger than Jon Lester the best and most talented Lefty in the AL. He is a prospect and you NEED to sell on him while his value is highest. Adrian Gonzalez is the player you need to go after, NOT VICTOR MARTINEZ. Although the Indians centerpiece is a very good hitter, he's in his 30's, and as a former/current catcher that's the tail end of your supremacy reign. Moral of the Story: Clay Buchholz is NOT the second coming of Bob Gibson and even if he does win 12 games a year with someone else next year Wake will do that for you and then some every year until he's collecting Social Security.

Stay Tuned

Ryan