The world is not a prison house but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions of bewildered infants are trying to spell God with the wrong blocks. ~Edwin Arlington Robinson
The Philadelphia Phillies have a 23-year-old right-hander named Vance Worley who stymied the Red Sox for a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night. Worley pitched 7 strong innings, gave up 5 hits, 1 run, 2 walks and fired 5 Ks. Red Sox starter John Lackey pitched a solid game and drove in Boston's only run with a two-out double.
The New York Mets have suddenly transformed into the '27 Yankees! The Mets CRUSHED Detroit, again - last night, 16-9!! In their last 4 games the Mets have scored a team-record 52 runs!!! New York torched Tigers' pitching for 20 hits and spread them throughout the batting order - 16 runs scored without a single home run. The Tigers got homers from Andy Dirks, Jhonny Peralta, Ryan Raburn - and 2 dingers from Miguel Cabrera. The Tigers ONLY hope is Justin Verlander. JV takes the mound this afternoon at 1:05 PM. He will try to become the first 11-game winner in the majors and help the Tigers avoid a sweep at the hands of the Mets. Verlander is on FIRE! He's won 6 consecutive starts with a 0.72 ERA. At The Copa he has allowed only one run in 32 2-3 innings. The Tigers' ace is 8-0 with a 1.77 ERA in 11 starts following a loss April 27. The kiss must've worked - he went YARD twice! Maybe Leyland should make this mandatory for all batters...
WHAT KIND OF CHICANERY IS THIS???...NO ONE WITH TESTOSTERONE FLOWING THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM CAN STARE DIRECTLY INTO KATE UPTON'S EYES WITHOUT GLANCING DOWN AT HER MAGNIFICENT RACKAGE!! I CALL FOUL, SIR!!!
Transformers: Dark of the Moon opens today! To celebrate - this week's RACK-OFF! is a Battle of the Transformers Babes: Megan Fox vs Rosie Huntington-Whiteley... Make your choice in the box in the upper, right-hand corner.
Shelled by the Mets? Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey limited the Tigers to 3 earned runs(2 of them homers) and struck out 6 Tigers. Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran hit grand slams! The Mets crushed the Tigers 14-3.
Last night's Red Sox-Phillies game looked promising. Josh Beckett vs Cliff Lee. Lee came out on top. Beckett entered the game with a major league-best 1.86 ERA. He had his worst outing of the season, giving up 5 runs and 5 hits in six innings. He left with a 2.20 ERA. Cliff Lee pitched a two-hit, complete game shutout and added 5 Ks. It was Lee's third consecutive shutout.
On Monday night, the Tigers beat the Blue Jays 4-2. V-Mart continued with his Hot bat and racked-up 2 RBIs to raise his average to .336. Manager Jim Leyland was ejected after arguing a reversed call at 1st base by umpire Ed Rapuano.
Detroit resumes interleague play with series against the Mets and Giants.
On Sunday, the Red Sox avoided a sweep by beating the Pirates 4-2. Remember former Tigers 1st-round pick Andrew Miller? Well, he got his first win as a member of the Red Sox. Miller pitched 6 innings, gave up 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and added 4 Ks. In a repeat of last season, the Red Sox roster is devastated by injuries: Josh Beckett has the flu, Clay Buchholz has a strained lower back, Carl Crawford has a left hamstring strain, J.D. Drew has a bruised left eye, Rich Hill has a left elbow strain, Bobby Jenks has back tightness, Jed Lowrie has a bruised nerve in his left shoulder, Dice K is gone for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery and Franklin Morales has a fractured right thumb.
On the day that Detroit retired former manager Sparky Anderson's No. 11 - the Tigers defeated the Diamondbacks 8-3. The Tigers scored 7 runs in the 8th inning. Detroit's in 1st place in the AL Central - 1 game ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
'Sweet' Lou Whitaker showed-up to honour Sparky...
No. 11 is set in stone now...
Remember, last week, when I featured Sara Jean Underwood on the World Naked Bike Ride? How could you forget, right? Well, Ms. Underwood is at it again! She posted some sweet pics via TWITTER of her camping & fishing with her Hot friends...
At this point in time, it's crucial to watch EVERY Justin Verlander start. This dude is making history every time he takes the mound! On Saturday night, Verlander pitched 8 innings and struck out a career-high 14 to give the Tigers a 6-0 shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the 8th inning, he hit 100 MPH on the stadium scoreboard - on his 116th pitch. In his last 6 starts, he's 6-0 with a 0.72 ERA. He's struck out 51 and walked 6 over that span - that doesn't even include his no-hitter! Verlander passed "Wild Bill" Donovan to move into 10th place on the Tigers career strikeout list. Verlander now has 1,089 Ks. He leads the majors with 124 strikeouts.
With Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell in the house - the Tigers will pay tribute to legendary manager Sparky Anderson by retiring his No. 11 before today's game against the Diamondbacks.
You know what? The Red Sox lost, again, but I'm excited for baseball fans in Pittsburgh. Wanna know why? Because Pirates' fans have suffered long enough! Tim Wakefield took the loss for Boston on Saturday. Wakefield's win, against the Atlanta Braves, in Game 6 of the 1992 National League Championship Series is STILL the Pirates last postseason victory! They haven't finished above .500 since that season!! Pittsburgh goes for the sweep today. They're 2 games above .500 and 3 games out of 1st-place in the NL Central. Last night they hosted the largest crowd in PNC Park history - 39,483 fans! I was impressed with Pittsburgh closer Joel Hanrahan! Nice fireballer!!
I wonder if he's related to Tommy Hanrahan from Slap Shot?...
It's Saturday night and I'm sitting at HBWHOF central, watching 8 ballgames simultaneously. The MLB FanCave's got nothing on the HBWHOF! I'm rockin' the MLB Extra Innings so I can watch 'em all. I'm concentrating, obviously, on two matchups: the Tigers-Diamondbacks - where it's Country Night at Comerica Park, so there's square dancing while Justin Verlander's on the mound...and the Red Sox-Pirates -where it's Kids Day at PNC Park and Adrian Gonzalez just cranked his 16th homer of the season. On Friday night both Boston and Detroit lost. The big news in Motown is the return of Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell. The heroes of the '84 World Series Champion Tigers are in town as manager and bench coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
I'm diggin' the FOX Sports Detroit Girls that do all the Tigers promos on the broadcasts.
The Bless You Boys are still leaving their mark on baseball. Legendary '84 Tigers Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell are employed with the Arizona Diamondbacks now - Gibby's the skipper, Tram's the bench coach. These guys still know how to have fun. Gibson walked into his office at Chase Field the other day and was greeted by Alan Trammell wearing a tie adorned with pictures of Gibby from a 1989 Right Guard deodorant commercial.
Dbacks closer J.J. Putz and 2nd baseman Kelly Johnson made 40 of these sweet neckties for the team to wear. Gibby was The Man back in the '80's huh?
Wednesday's game at Fenway was delayed by rain four times before it was called after 7 1/2 innings. The Padres beat the Red Sox 5-1. The flu bug is making the rounds through the Boston lineup with the latest casualties being Marco Scutaro and Josh Beckett. Red Sox manager Terry Francona faces a tough dilemma - with interleague play continuing, Boston plays 9 road games - 3 each in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Houston - the Red Sox cannot employ the DH. David Ortiz is riding a hot bat and Francona doesn't want to sit him for 9 games. What to do? The answer seems to be to play Ortiz at 1st base and move Adrian Gonzalez to right field. Gonzalez, briefly, played in right during winter league ball a few years ago.
The Tigers avoided a sweep by the Dodgers. Detroit beat Los Angeles 7-5. Casper Wells, Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez and Don Kelly all hit homers. Maggs hasn't gone DEEP in a while...Nice to see...
The HBWHOF is a HUGE fan of both the TRANSFORMERS flicks and Megan Fox. I think Michael Bay is a weasel and I'm saddened by the fact that the new Transformers: Dark of the Moon won't be showcasing Megan Fox' extreme hotness. Here's the consolation prize...
Today's RACK-OFF! is a Battle of Who Rocks the Better Polka Dot Bikini!! We've got Tyra Banks vs Candice Swanepoel. Make your choice in the box in the upper, right-hand corner.
The Red Sox and Tigers both lost in interleague play. But - there is good news - if Hef's checking-in at the HBWHOF he can take solace in the latest RACK-OFF! results. The chick that went the distance and became Mrs. Hefner, Kimberley Conrad, slaughtered Hef's recent runaway bride - Crystal Harris. Kimberley captured 90% of the vote!
The Detroit Tigers ran into a hot hurler last night. Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game, 2-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts to beat Detroit 4-0.
The Red Sox scored 10 runs in the 7th inning to beat the San Diego Padres 14-5. Former Padre Adrian Gonzalez had 3 RBIs for his major league-leading 67th RBI and .353 batting average.
All you need to know is that this is Lucy Pinder and her breasts...
