Howie Kendrick to the DL with a broken finger. As Tim Kurkjian put it last night, the Angels are a bat short when they have a full, healthy lineup, and now they're missing Kendrick and Guerrero.

 

Ryan Howard has a sprained ligament in his left leg.

 

Charlie Manuel (Phillies manager) went all Bobby Knight ape-sh*t on the media in his press conference and in the locker room last night.

 

Bobby Cox signed a 1 year extension through 08.

 

Willie Aybar was suspended indefinitely for skipping a game.

 

Jose Lopez signed with the Mariners through 2011.

From Jason Stark at ESPN.com

 

Just when we'd decided it made no sense for baseball to try to schedule opening week around the weather, an assistant professor from Western Kentucky checked in to make us think otherwise. Greg Goodrich did a study on the historical frequency of lousy April baseball weather in six cold-weather cities. And he recommends that if baseball could avoid scheduling any homestands in those cities before April 10, it would reduce the chances of running into snow and sub-40 temperatures by (ready?) 80 percent. Yeah, 80. For instance, he says, the chances of a game in Detroit or Cleveland getting "weathered" out before April 10 is about once every two years. Afterward? It balloons to once every 10 to 20 years. Pretty impressive. You can read his whole study here. Now if he could just scrape that sleet off our windshield.

Are you SURE it's not April 1?

 

From Rotoworld, spot-on reaction:

There has never been any team more consistently stupid in setting up a bullpen.

The Phils are going to make me look like a complete idiot for picking them to win the wild card. Charlie Manuel is a terrible manager too. Geeze, talk about a waste of talent.

 

I just have an image of Boras smoking a huge cigar laughing his ass off like master criminal

He's going to make a boatload of money this off-season when he opts out.

ARod's good...

Unbelievable.

 

oh boston fans l

and they wouldn't even give him up for Buehrle. Good riddance.

 

 

per rotoworld

 

Humberto Sanchez underwent Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season.

 

The Yankees kept calling Sanchez's problem inflammation, but it's no surprise it turned out to be far more serious, especially on the heels of some similar troubles last year in the Tigers organization. The missed season only makes it more likely that his future is in the bullpen, not in the rotation.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 08:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

When has Michael Young NOT ever tore us a new one?

Young was 1-11 in this series.

 

Color me unimpressed.

So who is pumped for Yanks-Sawx tomorrow?

 

 

Go ARod!

So who is pumped for Yanks-Sawx tomorrow?

Go ARod!

 

If by pumped, you mean severly disinterested, thats me!!

So who is pumped for Yanks-Sawx tomorrow?

Go ARod!

 

ESPN

ESPN coverage of the "greatest rivalry in sports history" has already started. ESPN will not be shown on my tv for the next 3 days.

hahaha the cubs bunt into a triple play hahahahahahaha

 

aww, they just reversed the call.

lol Cedeno just slid over the base on ball four in the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs man on first.

 

Runner trying to steal.....ball four is called. Runner slides past the base and is tagged out. He is out. If he stops walks and stops on second he is safe. Out for over sliding.

 

That is insane.

 

Now the fans start to throw stuff on the field.

 

Only at the shrine.

 

Murton swings first pitch and ends the game.

 

Wow.

 

Santo is going to take a swing at someone.

Edited April 20, 200719 yr by Jenks Heat

lol Cedeno just slid over the base on ball four in the bottom of the 9th, 2 outs man on first.

 

 

The drunks are trashing their field now. Classic. LMAO

Stay classy, Cubs fans

haha, can't wait to hear sweet lou's post game.

i love it......they are going to destroy that stadium this year.

Santo may take a run at Jacque Jones.

The Cubs suck and lost in unique fashion, that's nothing new.

 

For real news, the Angels have lost 6 in a row.

between kendrick and vlad out, and the fact the matthews sighing hasn't lived come to pass yet, they're going to need some bats by the ASB.

Red Sox are wearing green jersey's. Ugly.

Arod with 2 hr's tonight thus far. Unreal.

Boston giving NY a taste of their own medicine with 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th. 4 hits off Rivera.

Where was Papelbon?