Congrats to the Red Sox on their World Series victory or whatever. Stephen said it best in the comments:
Nothing warms my heart more than seeing Tom Werner standing on the podium to accept the WS trophy.
For those who may have forgotten why we detest Werner in these parts, here’s a handy reminder. Aside from the fact that he almost destroyed baseball in San Diego, I’ve got no real problems with the guy.
To the winter leagues…
Friday, October 26
- East Rising Stars 3, West Rising Stars 2 (box | recap). Matt Antonelli batted second and went 0-for-2 with a walk. Interesting that he bats in the #7 or #8 hole for the Saguaros but moves to #2 in a “showcase game.” (Speaking of Antonelli, the second entry in Sunday’s U-T letters to the editor is hilarious. Sample size, anyone?)
Saturday, October 27
- Scottsdale 3, Saguaros 0 (box | recap). Will Venable went 1-for-4. Started in right field and batted cleanup again. Antonelli also went 1-for-4 in the #8 hole. Jonathan Ellis needed six pitches to work a perfect eighth.
- Navojoa 4, Mexicali 1 (box). Oscar Robles went 2-for-4 with a double for Navojoa. Robles has played only shortstop this winter, but he’s been mentioned as a possible successor to Marcus Giles at second base in 2008. Luis Cruz, playing third base, went hitless in four at-bats. Fernando Valenzuela, days short of his 47th birthday, pitched 1 1/3 innings in relief for Mexicali.
- Caracas 2, Aragua 1 (box). Paul Abraham worked a scoreless eighth in this 14-inning affair. Ex-Padre Eric Cyr got the start and worked five solid innings.
Sunday, October 28
- Navojoa 8, Mexicali 2 (box). Robles singled twice in three at-bats, and started two double plays in the field. He’s hitting .282/.363/.394 in 71 at-bats. Cruz, again at third, went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, his second of the season. He’s at .220/.288/.322 in 59 at-bats.
Rained wiped out most Dominican games over the weekend. Their Sunday scores were unavailable as of this writing.
Tunes: Alison Krauss/Robert Plant, Pinback, Silverchair.
Wow A-Rod waited until the night that Red Sox won to announce that he is opting out of his contract, he couldn’t wait until I don’t know tomorrow to announce it?
Also I hope he goes to the Giants and ties up $30 Mil of thier payroll for the next 10 years.
MLB trade rumors did a Padres 08 preview:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/10/needs-and-lux-6.html
They had some interesting Ideas/theories. They think the Pads may move Bell for a big bat (Dunn or Bay). They also say that the Pads may trade Kouzmanoff or Hairston to make a spot for Headley. Who knows, at this time last year I thought there was no way the Pads would trade Barfield but hey that worked out pretty well.
Looking over at the comments on mlbtraderumors.com, there are a whole lot of Kouz and Headley nominations for playing 3b for the Yankees next year. Amazing what a difference a year makes.
G.Y. your 2B poll depresses me. I know thats who KT said was in the running but you have to think they will get a Vet in there as well.
Well, I guess RS Nation deserves to celebrate, but for the rest of the country, that was the worst playoffs ever. Boring. boring boring. 9-days off for Col killed thier momentum and now we all have to live with the fact that the RS are baseball’s new dynasty. Too me, RS Nation is like Raider Nation, with all the histrionics and drama included. Please, get a life, people. And the media got what it wanted, a RS victory. Now the nation can turn it attention to Colts and NE next Sunday. We, KT, we don’t need HR hitters at petco, we need avg/gap hitter with some speed on the bases.
Just look at the Red Sox! Rookie at 2nd and Rookie in center and Leadoff.