Tuesday Morning Baseball Musings
Reds 9, Marlins 4. Congratulations to Ken Griffey Jr., who hit home run No. 600 Monday night. From what we know, he did it the right way and only further cemented a trip to the Hall of Fame. Imagine how many home runs he could be sitting at now had he not suffered so many freak injuries throughout his career. What a class act, too.
Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 3. Arizona has now lost 10 of its last 14 games. Good thing they play in the NL West where they’re the only team above .500, but the Dodgers and amazingly, even the Giants are creeping closer to first place.
White Sox 7, Twins 5. What’s in the water in Chicago? First the Cubs win nine straight and now the Chi Sox have made it seven in a row Monday night thanks to Nick Swisher’s two dingers. A week ago Ozzie Guillen’s head was about to explode again, now his club has a rather commanding 6.5-game lead over Minnesota in the AL Central.
Indians 8, Tigers 2. The Tribe welcomed Dontrelle Willis back to the mound by thumbing him for eight runs on just three hits. Willis lasted only 1.1 innings before being chased…How about Cliff Lee (10-1, 2.52 ERA) for Cleveland? Who would have thought that he would be the rock of the rotation at this point in the season?
Too bad for Griff – he is under the radar because he is clean. And, his team is never in a playoff race.
Lee is awesome this year ………. Dontrelle looks lost out there. Finally, somebody tuned-up Mo Rivera.
Maybe, just maybe, Chicago has a couple of good baseball teams for a change. Interesting that since Ozzie’s tirade the White Sox have won seven in a row but not a mention about Ozzie since then. If they had lost seven in a row the fickle press would be frying him. But, nothing now. Ahhhhhh, the media.
Tip of my hat to Griffey. Well done.
Big ups to Grif he, supposedly he did it the right way, and the reason for the injuries was b/c he played hard. The White Sox are playing well, but they are hit and miss. They will go hard and then go the opposite way in a couple of games. And the whole process will start over again with Ozzie.