- Cory Sullivan became the eighth player in baseball history Wednesday to record four sacrifice bunts in a game – a game the Rockies won 14-8. Probably not the best strategy to give outs away when your team is scoring two touchdowns worth of runs. If that’s not enough, he followed that up with three more sac bunts in Thursday’s game.
- Tony Armas’ struggles at home continue. He has a 2.55 ERA on the road this season, but a 6.27 in his seven starts at RFK Stadium. Hard to figure that one out, considering RFK is about as cavernous as stadiums get.
- The Red Sox have to keep Kevin Youkilis leading off in the order. Managers too often pick speed or people that simply look the type as their leadoff guy, when in fact, OBP is clearly the leading factor when picking a No. 1 hitter. Youkilis, by the way, has an OBP of .434 this year and has been one of baseball’s best hitters.
- Check out this batboy tackling a fan who ran onto the field.
- Sean Tracy was sent to Triple-A because he got Hank Blalock out. He was supposed to plunk him in retaliation to A.J. Pierzynski getting hit twice earlier in the game, and Ozzie Guillen went ape when he didn’t.
- Chris Henry, the man, the myth.
- Forget about Michelle Wie, it’s all about Tadd Fujikawa.
- The right move is a clear and simple one; keep Jered Weaver in the rotation and put Jeff in the pen.
- Esteban Loaiza was arrested early Wednesday morning on DUI charges after officers pulled him over for speeding. Loaiza was driving his Ferrari in excess of 120 MPH. If you’re counting at home, that’s 36 MPH faster than his fastball has reached this year.
- Some questioned the huge contract given to B.J. Ryan. I wasn’t one of them. Dude has a 0.55 ERA on the year. That’s two runs allowed in 32 2/3 innings. Lefties are hitting a robust .042 against him.
- Aubrey Huff’s average hasn’t been over .200 at any point this season.
- The Diamondbacks’ Luis Gonzalez has not hit a home run since April 20.
- Best headline of the week – from sportspickle.com: “Does anyone know if Ben Roethlisberger was wearing a helmet?’’
- Despite Baseball Prospectus claiming that he is “reportedly headed for Tommy John surgery,” Rich Harden got some good news recently. The UCL is much less severely sprained than initially diagnosed, which means that Harden could be back in one month rather than two. Just after the All-Star break is the hope.
- Even though he’s still owed $22 million, the Diamondbacks did the absolute right thing by cutting bait with Russ Ortiz. Is there a more overpaid person in America?
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