To much to take.

I'm not going to lie, there is a lot of times when I like to see closer's fail, and it was perfectly set up for Rivera to blow it having to face Ortiz, Ramirez, and Youkilis (and Lowell) but in the end he pulled it off with a couple strike outs to boot. So at least Papelbon blew his as well as Okajima blowing a save. Now I definitely would have liked to have seen the Red Sox win but hey one game is only one game, no reason to feel the end was near. Francona managed the game beautifully but Okajima and Papelbon just flat out blew it, when you are only out there for an inning you have to stop the other team, they didn't and so they deserved to take the loss.

Saltalamacchia made his first appearance at first base today, and he made some fine stops, and a bad throw, but showed some promise. I definitely think he will have the better career versus him and Thorman. I wish Scott could have gotten it going, but it looks like if they can get Salty accustomed to first base Thorman is either going to head to AAA or find a new home at the trade deadline.

I hope Mark Teixeira does not become a Yankee. It would be a bad career move, Arlington is a good hitters park if Rodriguez would have stayed there he would have more career homers than he does. I'm not saying that he should necessarily stay at Texas, but it is not like the Yankees are going anywhere fast. Who else really needs a First baseman besides Yankees?

Bye Mesa.

Have I even mentioned the Dodgers in this blog yet? Probably not, surprisingly, Their starting pitching is doing better than I thought it would, though some of that was bias from being mad they didn't resign Maddux, but I'm happy he is on the Padres. Their bullpen is solid as hell but I still am waiting for someone not named Lowe or Penny to really fall off and leave a spot in the rotation for Billingsley, he could be a star. They have a lot of youth and how could you not love watching Russ Martin or Andre Ethier play? I'm asking a lot of questions tonight.

Francisco Cordero is having a fantastic year with the type of team they are on he could challenge the single season saves record.

How cool would it be in if two months Eric Gagne and Troy Percival were Tigers?

Ben Sheets looks like he finally has his pitches under control and has assumed his role as staff ace. Job well done.

I know calling someone "the best player" is usually completely arbitrary and just an opinion but I really don't see how you can argue against saying Vlad is the best.

I'm done ranting for now.