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Through three innings, Cole Hamels looked like his old self again. He struck out six of the first nine batters he faced. Then in the fourth he gave up a two run homer to Ryan Braun, and then was struck on the shoulder with a batted ball by big ole' Prince Fielder. Fantasy owners around the country have been holding their breath but, thankfully, tonight I am reading that it is just a bruise, and Hamels says he will be out there for his next start.

Like fingernails to a chalk board...

Like the slip of your knife while slicing lemons...

Like the explosive burst of a midsummer's moth on your newly waxed windshield...

Chewing foil...a thorn in your sock...sand in your eye...a dead battery...that one driver who cannot figure out what to do when the light turns green...

Josh Beckett is all of this to me.  All of this.

And so much more.

Yankees-Red Sox begins again tonight at fenway. I hold no opinionsfor its outcome. No predictions. No forecasts. 

I hold my breath.

Milton Bradley hasn’t done much good on the field this season. Now, a reporter for a Chicago radio station says Bradley’s struggles have divided the Wrigley Field clubhouse.

David Schuster of WSCR “The Score” implied Friday that the hoopla surrounding Bradley’s eleven-day media boycott is negatively impacting the Chicago Cubs’ chemistry.

Bradley refused to speak to media members for almost two weeks following his injured groin on April 12.

Face of the Franchise:  Craig Biggio

Craig Biggio

Manager: Larry Dierker

C - Brad Ausmus
1B - Jeff Bagwell
2B - Craig Biggio
3B - Doug Rader
SS - Craig Reynolds
OF - Jose Cruz
OF - Cesar Cedeno
OF - Lance Berkman
DH - Bob Watson
Bench:  2B Bill Doran, 3B Ken Caminiti, OF Terry Puhl, OF Jimmy Wynn

At the beginning of the Red Sox season David Ortiz expressed that he wanted another power bat in the line up. Here in Boston there were mixed emotions about Ortiz's comment.

With Manny Ramirez being in LA, Ortiz was concerned he didn't have a bat behind him to protect him.

There was one person on the Red Sox that took that comment in offense. That person is "The Greek God of Walks" himself, Kevin Youkilis.

The New York Yankees must join the rest of the sporting world and sell naming rights to their new stadium. If they can't do it today, because of the economy, they must take care of it as soon as they can. 

The Dallas Cowboys, the world's wealthiest sports franchise, is currently negotiating a naming rights deal, the Washington Redskins play in a stadium named "Fed Ex" and the storied Manchester United Soccer team plays in Old Tafford—not "Manchester United Stadium."

This is a list of who I think are the Top Five early pitching suprises of this years MLB season. The list included some amazing ptchers and some that haven't been cutting this year.
Most of these pitchers have come off not so great seasons and are starting to make a great impact in the MLB. I look for these pitchers to have great seasons and maybe even soem of them to win year end awards.

Alright, I know this sounds crazy. You were expecting the Halladay’s, the Sabathia’s, or even the Beckett’s to be mentioned here.

But no; if the season ended today, I would say Detroit’s Armando Galarraga has been the most dominant pitcher in the AL thus far.

Do you ever have the feeling life is passing you by at a speed that prohibits real examination? I’m afraid I’m guilty of this lifestyle misdemeanor at times.

But every once in a while, I apply some brake pressure as a sporting crosswalk approaches. I have to remind myself that it’s worthwhile to stop and smell the pine tar.

One such crosswalk involves the hushed voices and polite applause of golf. Whenever I have the opportunity to watch Tiger Woods play, I thank my lucky stars.

First off, the Yankees are making the playoffs this year. 

That leaves one deserving team out: the Rays.  They could win 98 games this year, beat the Yanks 19-18, reverse Hitler’s impact on the world, and still not make the playoffs.  The Sox are too good and the Yanks have to make playoffs; otherwise, Selig appears in the first five minutes of Law and Order SVU.

The AL Central is always a crapshoot.