Sorry it has been so long between posts. I moved this past weekend and I'm sure most of you know how that is. Tomorrow I leave for Washington, D.C. where I will be taking in a Nationals game. They are playing the Padres so the Nats should win even without Ryan Zimmerman who remains out until mid-June with an abdominal tear. Nationals Park is an extremely fun place, not only for adults but the whole family. If you ever get a chance I suggest you go check it out. Tickets are not expensive and are available.
-The Yankees claimed Kanekoa Texeira (no relation to Mark, hence the different spelling) off waivers from the Royals. Texeira was a member of the Yankees minor league system but was shipped off to the White Sox as part of the Nick Swisher deal. He was picked up by Seattle in the Rule 5 draft before finding his way to the Royals where he was mediocre. This is strictly a depth move. Phil Hughes was moved to the 60-day DL to make room on the 40-man roster for him.
-Zack Greinke hit what turned out to be the game winning homer off of Jason Marquis for the Brewers today against the Nationals. He also struck out ten.
-Congratulations to Mariano Rivera who became just the 15th player to pitch in 1000 games and becoming only the first player to do it for only one team. Amazing.
-The Canucks are in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since they lost to the Rangers in the 1993-94 season. They will wait to see if the Lightning or Bruins will be their opponent. The Bruins currently hold a 3-2 edge going into tonight's game. Either way, I am having a hard time seeing the Canucks losing this thing.
-Speaking of hockey, it appears as if Doug Weight of the Islanders is going to be retiring. Weight was an excellent playmaking center who made his NHL debut with the Rangers in 1991. He was traded off to Edmonton for Esa Tikkanen who was traded by the Rangers following their Cup Victory to the Blues with Dougie Lidster in exchange for underachieving Petr Nedved. The Rangers could sure use someone like Doug Weight in his prime these days to set up Marian Gaborik.
-Even if Rafael Soriano doesn't need major surgery (again, he already had Tommy John before) he is further proof that you don't spend big money on relievers not named Mariano. David Robertson and Job Chamberlain are doing a good enough job bridging the gap to Mariano to further prove there was no need for Soriano to begin with. Maybe this will teach the Yankee brain trust once and for all that you don't break the bank open for anyone to be a middle reliever. In house options are always the best bet.
Well, that's all I got for the moment. I'll be back when I get back from good ol' D.C. Gonna see where all our taxes are and aren't going.
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