Okay, hands up if you ever thought you’d see a Trot Nixon inside-the-park home run. A stand up one, at that.
Liar.
What a game. The Sox never let the hands off the throat, just kept pounding Redding and May, the detritus of the NL West, as well as the bullpen. The Yankees have zero rotation now with Brown, Pavano, Wang, and Wright on the DL, so if the bullpen can be pulverised, their climb-back to 2.5 games back can be halted. Nice job by Wells staying in so long.
By the way, if Johnny Damon acting like an ass is what it takes for him to hit like he’s been hitting, I’m taking it. And Ortiz, of course, continued his assault on pitchers. Also, the flipside of Bellhorn’s seeming expressionless demeanour when he Ks is that he turns the double play with that same coolness, even when someone’s running or sliding into him.