While "The Commander" had another dominating outing the more important piece of the game was that the offense is back. Yes I am proclaiming that game as the catalyst that will bring back this giant that has been slumbering for far too long. With the deadline looming there is all sorts of Water Cooler talk but there has been some intriguing Sox talk. Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman went as far as to say via Twitter, "The Red Sox have shifted their focus to Adrian Gonzalez." Then another report from MLBtraderumors.com came out later that not only the Rays, but the Sox as well are inquiring on landing BOTH Cliff Lee AND Victor Martinez. And to cap off the big name banter, a late night report from a source close to the Sox said "Theo is working on something HUGE." I'm not even sure what that means but it would seem to me that he's looking for a way to finagle a pitcher AND a big bat. That would be huge to me. But I'm not sure. The only thing is, who then becomes the odd man out? Lowell couldn't have much trade value being that he's moving around like Archer (Emissary of the Gorgonites), Adam Laroche would have to be the one to get re-traded even though I LOVE his bat in the lineup. Unless something huge means they find some way to get rid of JD Drew. Another rumor was that they were in the market for a Right Handed OF bat, Halladay AND Rios, anyone?
What is this garbage with He Who Shall Not Be Named? He's now going to run his mouth to a Japanese paper saying that our training staff, widely regarded as the best in baseball, is not catering to his Japanese needs? Get the hell back on the boat and go back to where you come from then. Don't give me this "I'm from Japan so my arm can do different things than anyone else's" bullshit. There is absolutely NO NEED to throw a 500 pitch side session in between starts, it doesn't make sense, I don't care which side of Okinawa you come from. Your contract is immovable, you're not going to see the mound for the remainder of the year in Boston and now you're going to bring your ethnicity into it. Holy Rodney King, please do something about this guy.
Now one of the more strange issues in the baseball world is the conundrum within the New York Mets management. First their VP of Player Development goes all Christian Bale on some minor leaguers and K-Rod, now the GM is trying to twist it to make it sound like the "leaker" of the story is the one to blame, ONLY to have it blow up in his face. He out and out accused the Mets beat reporter of wanting Bernazard's (VPoPD) job, and then when the reporter, whom was at the press conference, called him out on it he started backtracking like a Bill Clinton Sex Scandal. Omar Minaya is wretched, there is no other way of saying it. Yes his team is good, although it has had a rough year because of injuries, but he has absolutely no backbone. If you're going to say something as pointed as that remark was than stand by it! Don't try to evade the question. Afterwards, he tried the damage control route by saying that it was the wrong forum for him to have said those remarks. Then asked if he would apologize, just a maybe. What a Joke. This guy doesn't deserve to run a baseball team, and for all intents and purposes I bet Adam Rubin (Mets Beat Reporter) could probably do a better job than Bernazard. Give him a shot. You'll spend money on Oliver Perez and Livan Hernandez why not give a local boy a go?
Stay Tuned
Ryan
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