Could A-Rod Be Any More Of A Bitch?

During Yankees batting practice today, hours before Game 2 of the weekend series with the Red Sox, newly acquired 1B Lance Berkman hit a one-hopped into the shin of Alex Rodriguez. Now, that sucks, but you just gotta build a bridge and get over it.

But no, not A-Rod... If you're A-Rod, you hobble around for a few steps, then collapse to the ground like you were just shot. He rolled around the grass, covering his face, until his knights in shining armor, the training staff, came to aid this damsel in distress. A-Rod wasn't feeling up for a game of baseball later on.

Now look, I understand the Sox lost the game, but if you're a Yankee fan, don't try to tell me that makes up for A-Rod being a pussy. If the Sox take 3 out of 4, they'll be 4 games out of first place. If they split the series, their task will be to pick up one game a week for the rest of the season, and they'll have the AL East lead.

Tomorrow's game will be on ESPN at 8pm EST, with Josh Beckett (3-1, 5.70) facing A.J. Burnett (9-9, 4.93).

Go Sox.

Youkilis To Have Season Ending Surgery

Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez, Mike Lowell, and Jacoby Ellsbury came back from the disabled list in the past week, but one more member has been added to the Walking Wounded. Kevin Youkilis went down the other day with a torn abductor muscle in his right thumb.

The Red Sox are 6 games behind the AL East-leading New York Yankees going into a 4-game series hosted in the Bronx. If the Sox don't take at least 3 out of 4, they're in some serious trouble. No matter what happens, the AL East is going to be contested by 2 teams, but if the Sox can have a solid weekend, we might be looking at World War III.

First game tonight, with Clay Buchholz against Javier Vazquez, 7:05 from the Bronx. Go Sox.

Only The Yankees...

NYTimes.com - The Boston Red Sox placed Josh Beckett on the disabled list Wednesday, a move that appears to undermine any hopes the Yankees held of succeeding with their protest.

Manager Joe Girardi was upset Tuesday night that Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen received unlimited time to warm up during the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 7-6 loss after Beckett was pulled because of what Boston later announced as tightness in his lower back.

The Yankees claimed that the Red Sox did not tell the umpiring crew about the injury to Beckett, who missed his last start with back spasms, before making the pitching change. The Yankees filed their protest Wednesday, and M.L.B. has five business days to review the situation and render a decision, which would come from Bob DuPuy, baseball’s president and chief operating officer.

If the protest is upheld, the game will revert to the fifth inning with the Yankees leading, 5-0.

Since 2005, there have been five formal protests, with Girardi filing the most recent one, last June 21 in Florida. It was overruled.


You have absolutely got to be kidding me. They can't handle losing to the Sox for a game, so they go and cry to Selig about it. Get over yourself, Girardi. I'm sorry you're a little girl and don't like to wait out in the rain, but if the 30,000 Yankee fans at the game didn't protest, then why the hell would you? Beckett got hurt, crucify him. Just relax.

Yankees suck. Go Sox.