Random News and Notes

Baseball's back

By John Chagaris, College AP
April 3, 2005

Hamden, CT -- Baseball is back and it could not have come sooner for this baseball fan. But my first question has to be, will the worst team money can buy [The Mets] ever win a game? 0-5 is not the way that anybody expected them to start, sure I said they were going to do bad but I don't know if anybody was going honestly say they would start 0-5. A surprise to a lot of people but does not surprise me is that the Red Sox are 2-3. Sox fans who know me know how little respect I have given David Wells and I gave him two chances to prove me wrong, but he made me sound more right than I ever could have been. The Blue Jays roster this year is not that bad, and they deserve a lot of respect, when a team is able to put together back-to-back-to-back home runs people need to notice. Vernon Wells, Corey Koskie, and Shea Hillenbrand accomplished this feat in the third inning.

``Guys are getting good at-bats,'' Zaun said. ``We don't have a Sosa, McGwire or even a Delgado anymore, but two guys like Hillenbrand and Koskie could hit 25 a piece to make up for that.''

Those like me who did not give the Blue Jays any chance because they lost Carlos Delgado need to begin to rethink our rankings. This was the first time since 2001 that the Blue Jays have hit back-to-back-to-back jacks.

``You thought (Wells) would be able to come back and make that adjustment (after the first home run),'' Boston interim manager Brad Mills said. ``But I have to tip my hat to him, he really made some adjustments after and pitched well.''

I won't tip my hat off to Wells, instead why don't I rip his hat off and throw him in the streets. His two starts have been pathetic, today he gave up 6 runs in 6.1 innings pitched while on opening day against the Yankees he allowed 4 runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings pitched. His ERA this season is a pathetic 8.44.

``If you don't make the pitches that's what happens -- you give up runs,'' said Wells. ``You've got to get the bad ones out of the way, I guess.''

You guess? For those who are now second guessing Theo for this signing and who doubted me, 4 quick words, I told you so. And the countdown begins, 3 weeks until May 1st, which you will remember is the date when I predict that he will be injured and out for the rest of the season. But I might be proven wrong. Yes he might not be injured by May 1st, because he'll be benched or released by that date if Schilling can come back. The pitching rotation should be; Schilling, Bronson, Wake, Clement, and then Miller when they come back but right now they should stay with the four man rotation like they are doing. Tomorrow will mark the second series that the Red Sox will lose as Matt clement faces Ted Lilly. Theo, do us all a favor and get rid of the overweight, overpaid, under achieving, good-for-nothing David Wells. It's only April so the Sox have hope if they get rid of David, other wise this season can be thrown down a well.

~Chag