The Open

Spending the morning at work...watching The British Open.  Not a bad way to spend my time. Tiger just landed in one of those awesome links bunkers on the 5th. Not sure how much the Green Day TNT was just playing during highlights is really helping.

 

All teams are in action tonight in the baseball world.  Lets see what exactly is going on.

 

I'm really posting this for the awesome title. Also, there was a lot of discussion regarding the Giants dropping Barry Zito and eating his salary.  Well, that might not be the best idea, but I really cannot see a reason for the Red Sox to keep Lugo around.  He may have a worse rap than he really deserves, but ever since not resigning Orlando Cabrera after 2004, the Red Sox have yet to find a shortstop that is worth any sort of salary (Edgar Renteria will forever be etched into my mind as the worst fielder I have ever seen even though everywhere else he plays he is great.  Which leads to this, there are players who can handle Boston/New York/Chicago and there are players who just cannot.)

 

 Those Crazy Pirates. For the second year in a row the Pirates seem to be very active, and by active, I mean dumping every veteran player they have for a slew of prospects in order to build up their farm system. They seem headed in that direction again...wait, what did that article say, they are signing Jack Wilson and former batting champ Freddie Sanchez?  I guess some teams (Red Sox and Giants) will have to look in a new direction. Plus, maybe the management in Pittsburgh might finally be making their fans happy for a little bit.

 

Standing Headline Of The Day.  Not that it involves the Yankees, that is not the point, it is the point that yet another Latin player has lied about his age.  I wonder if the players know what is going on or if it is all their representation..I'm going to go out on a limb and say the players are in not totally in the dark, but they are not the driving force.

 

Just heard The Killers on the TNT broadcast...I like it, a lot (The Killers are one of the best American rock acts of the past 5 years) but I have never heard them during a PGATour event.

 

We Know Knuckleballers Can. What about other pitchers?  Well, the short answer is yes.  If you want the nitty gritty, click on through to the link.  What I like about articles such as this is that they reject a previous hypothesis using data that is only available now and that this research can have a great impact on the game.  I'm sure pitchers already knew to do this in some respects, but hey, can't help for it to be confirmed that pitching away is a good thing.

 

Why Change Anything? Frankly, there is almost nothing Riggleman can do other than bring a different feel and voice to the clubhouse.  Lets be honest, the Nationals problems are not just their current lineup, this is an organization that has to be cleaned out from top to bottom. If they fail to sign Strasburg it will be a clear signal that something has to be done...even if MLB has to step in.