Way to go, Brandon Lyon... Grady Little says that if the weather isn't good in Boston tonight, Lyon will join the rotation and start in place of Pedro Martinez in the Red Sox home opener.
Another great Larry Bowa moment... asked why he held David Bell out of yesterday's game, Bowa said that it was "frozen" underneath the Veterans Stadium turf and "there's no give at all". Larry, it's concrete underneath the Vets turf... I don't think it has a lot of "give" when it's warm out.
Sticking with the Phillies, Bobby Abreu is struggling early on, hitting .147 this year without power. Abreu put on 25 pounds in the offseason, and while he plans to drop 15 through the year, I would be concerned that he's not taking things seriously.
John Rocker signed with the Devil Rays and is headed to the AAA Durham Bulls. I'm sure that he and Annie Savoy will hit it off *great*.
On another note, if you want to grab cheap laughs without any semblance of effort, any allusion to John Rocker's flaming wreckage of a career usually goes over well.
Rich Harden got the call yesterday to AAA. Now that's what I call "nothing more to prove at that level".
How bad are the Tigers? Six consecutive strikeouts yesterday against Royals Rule 5 pick D.J. Carrasco.
The Royals had about half their team out with some sort of virus, and still won 4-2. Mendy Lopez, for crissakes, had to play first base. He has to be the worst-hitting KC first baseman since... um, never mind. Since last year, when David McCarty and Chan Perry saw time there.
To their credit, the Tigers are sticking with Jeremy Bonderman despite his struggles. The Tigers are showing that they will stick with their decisions, even their tough ones, and that bodes well for down the road.
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