E-ramis hurt his shin, Greggie hurt his ankle and Carlos Lee hurt the baseball.
Derrek Lee passed Albie in the voting yesterday, giving the Satanic Red Horde one last night to try to learn to read in time to vote Pujols back into the lead. We’ll find out on Sunday if they succeeded.
By the way, in that Miles article he wonders if Derrek Lee is the greatest right-handed first baseman of all-time. He’s been a good player for a while and a great player for three months, so it’s ludicrous to ask. But the list of great righthanded first baseman isn’t that long. Jeff Bagwell is on it, Mark McGwire, Hank Greenberg, and then guys like Pujols and Harmon Killebrew who played other positions, too. All-around, Lee does have a chance to be one of the top few who ever played there, but he’s got to do it for a few more years before you even start to seriously consider it. Besides, he’d have to pass Cap Anson just to be the greatest Cubs’ righthanded first baseman, oh and Matt Stairs, too.
KC and the Sunshine Band says that Eddy’s been given a workout plan from a cardiologist and that the Cavs appear to have dropped off the list of teams interested in signing him, which now makes that list…one…the Bulls.
Groucho on the start of the free agent period.
E-ramis, who seems to enjoy his injuries for a while, has a new one.
Juwan Howard actually had a heart attack last March. Did we know this?
The Wizard of Roz with some boring hockey stuff then a pointless e-mail about how Eddy Curry’s career rebounding and assist averages are the same as Will Perdue’s. It’s true, Eddy is averaging 4.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists for his career while Will averaged 4.9 and 0.8. What the e-mailer fails to point out is that not only was Will a useless stiff on offense but when he was Eddy’s age his career averages were 0 and 0 because Will didn’t play his first career game until he was 23.
John Donovan’s All-Star roster has Derrek and E-ramis on it and such luminaries as David Eckstein and Julian Tavarez. Oh yeah, and The Farns.
The Yankees claim they’re out of the Kotsay running because the price is too high. They always say stuff like this. Of course, the A’s have won seven in a row, maybe Kotsay’s not even available.
Bob Klapisch wonders if the Yankees won’t go after Kenny Lofton. I’m sure the Cubs will. Sammy’s not around to try and kill him this time.
Newsday wonders if the Yankees won’t trade Gary Sheffield anyway. The guy loves money too much to not show up for his new team. Right? Right?
The Marlins plan on giving Sweaty Joe a call.
The Dodgers GM wants Adam Dunn…the owner wants guys who are cheap. Hey, Corey Patterson’s cheap!
The Reds aren’t going to trade Adam Dunn…right now.
Former presidential speechwriter turned author and baseball blogger Curt Smith likes Hawk Harrelson. You can tell he takes the Hawk in very small doses.
These guys do not agree with Curt.
A Pennsylvania man tells America’s finest news source that the food court Taco Bell is not as good.
You talk about…
Uh ooooooh….
You talk about…
A little flippity-dippity…
…eeYess!!!….
You talk about….
You talk about a shitty announcer… (about a 5 second pause) next to me that Hawk Harrelson, boy, is the the next Ernie Harwell.
By the way, I used to be half black and half white. But they took away my black ball. Now this is all I got. The long pauses… that’s the blank where the black me would interject something cool and witty. Uhhh ohhhhhh!!!
I’m ready to take my HWeqBA of .673 to the top of the lineup.
Well Fiesty, this reminds me of the time that Ted Williams, The Yaz, Joe D., The Mick, and I were all sitting around after 18 holes and talking hitting. Ted said to me “Hawk, you have got a chance to hit .400.” I looked at him and I said “Ted…you have got to be kiddin’.” We all had a good laugh…mercy.
Hey … don’t I always have it figured out? I thought I was the good beat writer in town.
Superior Dose.
http://www.heavethehawk.com
I never knew I actually had a heart.