You can't make this stuff up.

Just like the Yankees getting stuffed 13-4 in Tampa.

The Yanks seem to always have trouble with the D-Rays in April. I remember that one year Tampa swept them, which led to the 14th time that Torre was almost-fired.

Weird shit like that seems to only happen with the Sawx. I mean a red moon on the night they finally broke the Curse ? C'mon now. It's crazy that it was a red-tailed hawk as well. Poor girl, literally learning the phrase insult to injury.

A brawl, featuring at least two separate fights and plenty of haymakers, broke out in the upper level of the stadium behind first base just prior to the start of the eighth inning.

Toronto the Good goes apeshit.

And with two outs in the ninth inning, a shirtless man and a young woman, who was clad in just a bra and grey slacks, ran onto the field next to the Red Sox's dugout.

Oh my Lord a streaker in a bra and slacks. It's Sodom and Gomorrah redux!

The man was tackled by security in centre field, placed in handcuffs and led off the field. The woman was also escorted away, but not before a courteous Rogers Centre employee gave her his jacket to cover up.

Well thank heavens some people retain a sense of moral purity — not to mention chivalry — in that unholiest of cities.

I watched some of the Jays/Sox game last night (MLB Extra Innings is ace), and was very impressed with the hop in Frank Thomas step during his 7th inning 2-run double. Thomas was one of my very favorite players in the '90s, but I hadn't seen him move that well (or smile) in quite some time.

jason voorhees wrote:

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The Yanks seem to always have trouble with the D-Rays in April. I remember that one year Tampa swept them, which led to the 14th time that Torre was almost-fired.

Please jv, they're just the Rays now.

They seem to be moving up a bit. Have some decent pitching and some young hitters. I'm not saying that they'll start challenging the Yanks or the Sawks, or even the Blue Jays, but they might not be a joke anymore.

The Orioles will probably finish last in the division this season. How far the Rays move up depends on the Jays. Normally half the pitching staff succumbs to hang-nails, blisters, and the like by early May, so Tampa could take third. If TO stays healthy, and everyone plays as happily as Frank Thomas looks, then we might challenge whichever of the two Old Detestables has an off-year for second, maybe even (shock, horror!) a wild card.

It is beyond the realm of comprehension that it will last much longer, but the current AL East standings are quite satisfying:

Tampa Bay
Baltimore
Toronto
Boston
New York

Can you spell SW**P! boys and girls?

Nice one. I'll avoid the sour taste of the Stanley Cup playoffs and immerse myself in BJ baseball until the end of the month. By the time I get back at the end of May half the bull-pen will have come down with typhoid, but in the meantime:

OK!
BLUE JAYS!
LET'S
PLAY!
BALL!

Well, thats a bit better. Abreu does his normal, unselfish best.

I am beginning to think that Giambi is not long for this (Yankee) world. However, I cant really see anyone else taking a chance on him until he starts getting his swing together. And, thats assuming they have a spare $10million or so a year.

Kansas next, then on to Baaaston, which will be fun.

I noticed that Sopcast have slapped a ban on any MLB games being shown, which is a total shit, as my subscription to Setanta (TV network in UK showing baseball) went tits up.

(pedantry alert) Actually, the Kansas City Royals are based in Missouri.

Why did Tampa Bay change its name?

Terminal lameness.

And, believe it or not, some blaterings by local holy rollers about their failure to think of the children.

Well then, I think it's the duty of all right-thinking people to continue to call them the Devil Rays.

just the Devils would do.

SS: Somewhere in my brain I think I was strangely aware of that. I was just using 'Kansas' as shorthand for Kansas City Royals, because I forgot they are called the Royals.

Maybe it's a British thing. Former DC United manager Ray Hudson always called the Kansas City Wizards "Kansas", which just sounds weird to Americans.

As if that was the only thing that Ray Hudson has said that sounds weird to Americans...

Woo Hoo! Sky Italia has added NASN to our package without saying anything.

Baseball Tonight!