Last night, a ton of bombs were hit by players I like. Adam Dunn, Jay Bruce, and Joey Votto are three of my 
favorite guys, and they hit 5 homers between the 3 of them (2 each for Bruce/Votto). Adam Dunn is now 2 homers away from his 5th consecutive 40 homer / 100 walk season, which is an incredible feat. He’s the man, and I’m glad the Reds were able to get an injured pitcher, a shitty pitcher, and a lower-tier infield prospect for him. Onto the games:
Reds 11, Brewers 2: Other than Bruce/Votto, homers were hit by Jolbert Cabrera, Andy Phillips, and Cherry Hairston, Jr. Before the season, I placed a bet on the Reds win total. Over 78.5 wins. If the Reds finish 8-1 or better, I win. After the early season struggles, the sell-off, the awful lineup construction, and Corey Patterson, I never thought I’d be in a position to win this bet. I won’t win, but at least I have something to root for now.
Indians 6, Tigers 5: Gary Sheffield is one giant piece of shit. And the Indians are going to be more than fine next year. I’ll predict a Central division championship right now. An outfield of Grady, Choo, and Gutierrez/platoon partner will be really good next year, and even after trading CC, the Indians have more than adequate pitching.
Florida 14, Philly 8: Ryan Howard blasted homer #46 last night in the loss. His OBP is only .336, though. He’s been a pretty huge disappointment this season, in my opinion. The talk of him being MVP sickens me.
White Sox 9, Royals 4: Future Hall of Famer Jim Thome hit career homer #540 last night. His career OPS+ is 148, which puts him in a tie for 38th all-time. Brian Bannister got lit up for the Royals, dropping his record to 8-16. You sure you want him back on the Mets, Roman?
Mets 9, Braves 5: Mets took over first place in the NL East with last night’s victory. Picking the Mets MVP is very difficult to me. The candidates: David Wright — great offense, overrated defense, less valuable position, Jose Reyes — good offense, good defense, most valuable position (besides catcher), or Carlos Beltran — goodish/great offense, outstanding defense, second most valuable position. I really think I’d lean towards Beltran at this point just ahead of Reyes. Either way, it is absolutely not Carlos Delgado.
BoSox 4, Jays 3: I’m really interested to hear how good Kevin Youkilis’s defense is at third base. Would any of our readers care to fill me in? If he is even average at third base, his value shoots way up. My guess is that he’s bad, though.
Rays 11, Twinkies 1: Evan Longoria signed a contract for 9 years / $44 M. The last 3 years are club option years. He’s guaranteed 6 years / $17.5 M. It is my belief that he will be the first or second most valuable player in all of baseball in no less than two years. He will be an indentured servant for the entirety of this contract. His agent is really, really foolish.
Bucks 107, Troy -2: Last week did not happen…Last week did not happen…Last week did not happen…Last week did not happen.
At least I got the Cavs. Enjoy your Saturday.
Two things…I have had no delusions that Brian Bannister is anything special…his decent year last year aside..he blows balls…As for David Wright..I would absolutely totally agree on his defense being overrated his whole career except this year…He is actually defending and throwing like a Gold Glove 3B..last year I think he got it on name recognition…this year he deserves it…he has been phenomenal…Oh and this Month’s MVP is Beltran..he has been unconscious…I think the Mets MVP must be given monthly because it is someone else each month. Three guys will end up 30/100+ and Reyes is will score 120 runs
That’s more than two things.
Way more than two things. Like three or four things.
haha clown…final countdown…i was only 14 when that song came out
It would be three things..I kinda went off on a tangent based on David Wright…But when you are talking about a first place team..those things happen
Are the Mets going to resign Delgado, Roman?
Did everyone hear about DJ AM and Travis Barker from Blink 182? They were in a plane crash in SC and are both listed in critical condition at a burn center in Columbia, SC. Crazy.
Delgado was the mid August – early September Mets MVP.
No doubt they’re gonna pick up that option.
If Delgado and Beltran are even whispered about in MVP talk, then Howard should wear the Crown
Steve, if this is your first comment, welcome. And nice name.
What do you like most about Howard versus Beltran, steve?
That he’s way shittier? Or is it something else?
MVP = Pujols..end of discussion
As for Delgado..they have a club option that pays him 16 mill..if they don’t pick it up then they owe him 4 mil…I think they should had this point..Texiera is the only guy I want but they need pitching more and there is no reason to Give Tex 20 mill a year for 6-7 years if you may move Wright to First eventually or need a position for Daniel Murphy
are you guys going to turn off comments like The Sports Hernia did over at TBL?
It’s cause the sports hernia has never written anything good and he doesn’t want people to bash him.
we gotta win this fucking game today.
What was this about comments being turned off?
TSH accidently locked the comments when he put up a post about Notre Dame and Jimmy Clausen.
nice work on his part there. Feeling good after seeing your team beat Dame?
TSH sucks.