Friday, July 4, 2008

Johnny Damon is the Drummer From Def Leppard

From an email I sent this morning:

How is it that Johnny Damon can be such an amazing athlete but have such a huge deficiency in his throwing arm? I mean it's little league - even worse than bush league. Not sure if either of you saw it, but on a hard-hit liner to left, Manny scored from second and there wasn't any thought of holding him up (not that Manny was watching DeMarlo Hale for a moment). Damon's throw - on a hard-hit, one-hopper to him that bounced up perfectly at the mid-point of left field - landed just past the infield dirt, and three-hopped to the catcher, who had to come out well into the infield grass to field it before it stopped on its own.

Just terrible. He needs a Fenway-like left-field situation, or the option for a second DH...Can he get Tommy John surgery?

Papelbon - awesome

Jonathan Papelbon has a career ERA of 1.69 (37 earned runs in 196 2/3 innings). It is the lowest career ERA in major league history among pitchers with at least 150 innings. He also has 240 Ks and 51 walks. Wow.