Well, for the final take on the freak show last night at the Fens, MLB handed down its suspensions--most, though not all based on ridiculous reasoning. That's what happens when you have a bunch of pampered crybabies (especially the Rays) overseen by a used car salesman masquerading as a Baseball Commissioner while he's also a team owner. Three Sox: Coco (7 games), Lester (5 games) and Casey (3 games) were suspended, while five Rays got the hook: Shields (6 games), Gomes and Jackson (5 each), Crawford (4 games) and Iwamura (3 games). Some of the suspensions were just plain idiotic. Lester's getting suspended for 5 games because he threw too close to a Rays batter after a warning was issued? Come on! If you absolutely have to do something, toss him and that's the end of it. A five game suspension? If they'd done things like this in the past, half of the pitchers in Cooperstown would have spent more time on suspension than they did pitching!
Crisp defends himself and gets to sit for seven games? What would Rocky Marciano have gotten? He was a pretty good semi-pro ball player. Let's see--win the Heavyweight Championship and stay undefeated--I know! We'll suspend him for life! Brilliant! Bud--go back to your used car lot in Milwaukee and have a Schlitz on me.
Tonight's game--UGLY from the getgo. Sox lost eight zip, which is bad enough, but the way they lost is worse. Three errors, including two by losing pitcher, Bartolo Colon--and after such a promising return to MLB in his three prior starts for the Sox. Well, everyone has to lose sometime, so it might as well be now.
The Hose did get seven hits, but only two were for extra bases, a pair of doubles. JD kept his recent hot streak alive, going 2-3. Manny sat out, his hammie being a bit sore. Add that to Papi on the DL and Ellsbury out and day-to-day due to straining his wrist in last night's game, and the Sox weren't showing much to the Mariners. To make matters worse, the Rays won, shaving the Sox lead to a half game. Good news--the Stripes lost.
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