Its been awhile since I last posted something on here. Since July 2 the Sox have let go of Smoltz and Penny, Adam LaRoche came and went, (rather quickly) Casey Kotchman and V-Mart came aboard at the deadline Gonzo came back of waivers Dice-K returned to form, and the Sox won the wild card. The playoffs weren't so kind to the Sox as Paplebon blew it in the of game 3. And then (I don't want say it) the Yankees won it all. One thing about the Yankees wining their 27th World Series is why did Hideki Matsui win the World Series MVP. Even though I hate him I think Johnny Damon should have won the MVP award. He at least played in all 6 games unlike Hideki who only played in 3. Anyways back to the Sox. The Sox had a great year and I hope the Sox have an amazing off-season.
The trade deadline is aproching and Brad Penny is likley to be traded. But with Dice-K's injury the Red Sox might have to keep Penny. I wish the Red Sox could trade Dice-K, but who would take him. He's been injured twice and only has one win this season. What happended to the Dice-K in the WBC. So right now I don't the Red Sox can afford to trade Penny because the only to other options are Justin Masterson and John Smoltz. Masterson can't go deep in games and Smoltz hasn't done too well in his two starts( the second one was the bulpen's fault.) So even though the Sox want to trade him I don't think they can.
David Ortiz has been playing subpar all year. He's been hurting the team like last Thursday against the Angles. There was 2 outs with the bases loaded in the top of the twelfth and hit a weak ground ball to the pitcher. Then the Angles won in the bottom of the inning. Now for the rest of the weekend he's sitting out while Rocco Baldelli plays for him. I hope Rocco can play better than Big Papi.
It was looking bad after Hideki Okajima left the mound. The score was four to two with New York Yankees on top. After that the bullpen was going strong but the Sox bats just woulden't work. That is untill the bottom of the ninth with two outs and one with Jason Bay at the plate. Jason Bay hit a homer over the center field wall off Mariano Rivera. It took the the game into extra innings. Then the 11th inning Kevin Youkilis hit a shot over the green monster. Then just like that the Sox had won off an amazing walk-off home run. It was spectacular.
The Red Sox 1-3 start is terrible. With an opening day win it looked good, but after that Lester Dice-K and Wakefield had below average starts the season isn't looking good. Hopefully Brad Penny can pitch a good start and start a huge winning streak for the Red Sox. I feel bad for the Angles but I love the Sox and they need to win. Also Toronto needs to lose because somehow there in first place. Jason Varitek is proving that he was worth losing are first round draft pick and has helped the Sox so far hopefully today he'll have a good game on his birthday. It's also Trot Nixon's birthday and Mark Teixeira's birthday. I hope Trot has good birthday and Teixeira dosen't on the ball field. So go Sox and lets hope for good rest of the season.
Yesterday morning Angles 22 year old pitcher, Nick Adenhart was killed in a car crash. It was just hours after the rookie pitched a six inning shutout against the A's with his dad in attendance he was hit by drunk driver along with three other people. Two of them were also killed the other is in the hospital. I was so surprised when I heard that Adenhart had died. It's always sad when someone dies especialy when their only 22. I had never heard of Nick Adenhart until he died. I was happy when they postponed the Angles' A's game in his honor. Also the moment of silence for him at all the other games. What everybody said about him made him seem like a great guy and a great pitcher. When Scott Boras was talking about him he even started to cry. Also Tori Hunter said some great things about Adenhart. He also mentioned that it could of be any of the players there. It so happened that it was Nick Adenhart who was there at that time. Nick's father also came back to the clubhouse and gave a speech to the players, and then went out to the pitchers mound to spend one last moment with his son. It must be hard for him to deal with what happened to his son because he was only 22. My thoughts are with him and Nick Adenhart's family and all the other victim's family's. I hope something like this never happens again but something like this isn't unlikely it just dosen't happen to celebrities often. I remember when Josh Hancock and Cory Lidle died, but for Adenhart Lidle it was a lot more sad because it wasn't their fault. As for Hancock he was drunk which ended up killing him. I hope that Nick Adenhart and all the desceased baseball players will live on in the mids of baseball players and fans.
I saw in an mlb.com photo gallery that former Red Sox reliever J.C. Romero was pitching for Puerto Rico against the Red Sox. The funny thing is J.C. Romero was suspended from the MLB for 90 games for taking a banned substance. I know the rules are different in the World Baseball Classic, but I still think he shoulden't be allowed to pitch in the WBC if he can't in the MLB.
How much worse can Alex Rodriguez's life get. Now the whole world knows he took a banned substance, he's going to miss the World Baseball Classic, and now he's got a cyst and it could sideline him for four months. Also the last time a baseball player got a cyst was from taking several injections. The only diffrence is A-Rod's is in his hip, the other guy's cyst was in his butt. So it's possible that A-Rod still could be taking a banned substance. Also A-Rod was seen leaving a spring training game in a car that belongs to his cousin was sold and injected him with a banned substance. Now A-Rod's carrer is just geting worse and worse, but I'm not happy about it like President Obama said it's a disgrace to baseball, or at least that's what I think he said.
Spring training is finally here. With a slow 2-2 start the Sox are ready to have a winning season without Mark Teixeira. Kevin Youkilis will be the new cleen-up hitter the lineup will be strong. Jed Lowrie and Julio Lugo fighting over the shortstop position Terry Francona should pay close attention to every thing that's happing and I hope he makes the right choice.
I can't belive Alex Rodriguez used streroids. But the thing that gets me angry is that he used them the year he won MVP. A-Rod should get suspended for at least 2 months. I hope A-Rod feels bad about what he did.
