Apparently the" Fat Toad" had an impressive curveball. At least that is the opinion of Yankee catcher Jorge Posada. In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Posada says that of all the pitchers he has caught "Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball." Something tells me George Steinbrenner, coiner of the Fat Toad nickname for Irabu, would disagree . . . Come to think of it, so would Frank Costanza . . .
Lucky 7 for the Mets. Thanks to a strong pitching performance by John Maine (6 IP, 2 ER) the Mets finished their 10-game homestand at 9-1, something they haven't accomplished in over 20 years. I don't want to get Mets fans crazy, but the Associated Press points out that the franchise also had a 9-1 homestand during its magical 1969 season . . . More good news for the Mets: Jason Bay is starting to hit. Yesterday he scored twice and knocked in a run . . . The Mets could not ask for a better time to challenge the Philadelphia Phillies. While NY has won seven straight, Philadelphia has lost three of its last four. And while the Mets are 9-1 in their last 10 games, the Phillies are 4-6 during the same stretch . . .
How many times this season is Yankees DH Nick Johnson going to strike-out looking? . . .
Think the Tampa Bay Rays are on fire? They have the best record in baseball (16-5); they are 8-2 in their last 10 games; and their run differential is +59 -- 26 runs higher than the Yankees and the Giants who have the second highest run differential in the majors (+33) . . .
The 2010 Washington Capitals should be thankful for the 2004 NY Yankees. Had the Yankees not blown a 3-0 games lead to the Red Sox in the AL Championship Series, sports fans today might be labeling the Washington Capitals collapse in the first round of the NHL Playoffs as the biggest choke in sports history. Last night the Capitals made NHL history when they became the first top seeded team to blow a 3-1 games lead to a #8 seeded club (Montreal Canadiens). During the regular season the Capitals led the NHL in wins with 54. Montreal squeaked into the postseason with just 39 wins . . .
Tomorrow I will post my prediction for this weekend's mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley . . .
Tomas Adamek revealed to Fightnews.com that for the two weeks prior to his bout against Chris Arreola he underwent treatment for back problems. He also acknowledged that in his last sparring session he landed a right uppercut on his sparring partner's elbow, causing a bruise "the size of [a] small apple". He confessed that everyone in his camp, including trainers Ronnie Shields and Roger Bloodworth, feared it was a broken bone . . . Based on his impressive performance against Arreola, I think it's safe to say that it wasn't broken . . .
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