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Ow ard is it to ead ithout he irst onsonant? Et’s ask Swaldo Arcia, he ero of he ame or he Wins. And win the Twins did with Arcia’s two-run homer in the sixth, his run off Aaron Hicks’s double in the fifth, and a pair of scores by Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer. I would have thought the Red Sox would do no worse than a series split against the Twins but end up winning only one game in the series. They lost their closer in the rout as well. There are eight words no pitcher ever wants to hear: “Dr. Andrews is ready to see you now.” Joel Hanrahan was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a flexor pronator strain in his right elbow. To his credit Hanrahan is going to try to rehab the injury instead of getting Tommy John surgery right away, but even that course of action well keep him off the mound for two months. Junichi Tazawa was tapped to close by John Farrell. Get your 三振 signs ready! Game 35: May 9, 2013 Minnesota Twins16-15 5 W: Kevin Correia (4-2)H: Brian Duensing (6), Jared Burton (7)S: Glen Perkins (8) 2B: Aaron Hicks...
Was Don Orsillo trying to photograph the area where Mike Napoli’s home runs landed? Or if Red Sox wins (leading the league with 20) represented 100 feet in height the imaginary apex of that accomplishment? Oh, he was just being a tourist? It’s better when Don is the subject of photos, such as this one in a giant hot dog, not taking them. Dick Hayhurst accused Clay Buchholz of loading the ball with Crisco. Seems to me that Brad Lincoln may have indulged in something given the results of one of his pitches. Will Hayhurst call out Joel Hanrahan next? The closer celebrated his 100th career save and fourth of the season. Given Andrew Bailey’s injury history and Hanrahan’s inconsistency, this is a two-person committee of closers I can get behind. Brett Lawrie scored Toronto’s only run but he had an issue on the defensive side. In the ninth his throw to first pulled Adam Lind away from the runner. Lind tried to tag Dustin Pedroia on the run but seemed to forget the second baseman is not as tall as other players and only touched air. Game 28: May 2, 2013 Boston Red Sox20-8 3 W: Ryan Dempster (2-2)H:...
Ryan Dempster is hilarious. Scotland, where the men are men and the sheep are nervous. The rain delay came at the end of the sixth, pretty much perfectly setting up the bullpen. The ghost of Earl Weaver yelled at the Orioles, “Pitching, defense, and the three-run home run!” Jim Johnson and Manny Machado heard him. Nate McLouth, not so much. Joel Hanrahan blew his first save opportunity at Fenway. Fenway’s sellout streak officially ended. I could put a lot of airquotes around words in that preceding sentence. Game 8: April 10, 2013 Baltimore Orioles4-4 8 W: Darren O’Day (1-0)S: Jim Johnson (3) 2B: J.J. Hardy (3)HR: Nick Markakis (1), Chris Davis (5), Manny Machado (1) Boston Red Sox5-3 5 H: Junichi Tazawa (2), Andrew Bailey (4)BS, L: Joel Hanrahan (1, 0-1) 2B: Jarrod Saltalamacchia – 2 (3)3B: Jacoby Ellsbury (2)HR: Daniel Nava (3), Saltalamacchia (1)...
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