Results tagged ‘ Johan Santana ’

OD A to Z

Opening Day, by the letters:

And away we go . . .

Bonifacio! Simply Bonifacio!

CC? Not even so-so.

Don’t Mess with Texas.

Eight homers with the roof closed. That’s enough, Chase.

Felix Hernandez, keep pitching like this and you’ll earn the King nickname.

Griffey. Mariners. Homer. Woo-hoo.

Hiroki Kuroda: A stealth ace, and the best Japanese starter this side of Dice-K.

Inside-the-park homers are fun. Just ask . . . Bonifacio!

Johan Santana looks like he’s got it going on, as usual, with the win.

K-Rod made sure of it.

Lee’s numbers fell off the Cliff pretty quick, eh?

Manny didn’t do much, didn’t have to.

New York, Eww York.

Orioles have some talent.

Pirates undefeated, Phillies winless.

Quentin and the rest of the White Sox will be back in action Tuesday.

Rays-Red Sox still on tap for Tuesday, too.

Steals are back in vogue — at least if Bonifacio! has anything to do with it.

Teixeira didn’t have much of a homecoming in Baltimore.

Unbelievable: Tony Clark and Felipe Lopez (?!??!!!) both homer from both sides of the plate.

Verlander. Seriously. What happened?

Webb didn’t feel too good after his first start, not good news for the snakes.

X Nady got himself an RBI ground-rule double, plus his name starts with X so he always gets in the A to Z things.

Yawkey Way will be hopping Tuesday, won’t it?

Z, Big. He was.

Yakyu Haiku
That’s the American tradition of baseball in Japanese, and here’s an Americanized version of a Japanese tradition:
Think back, oh Junior,
Back to the springtime of youth –
Once a star, always

Two weeks in a day

What we learned last week:

  • Forty-five mill just doesn’t defer like it used to.
  • A-Rod can still drive the ball, but he really needs to find someone else to drive him to the yard.
  • Randy Johnson looks pretty good in black and orange and Barry Zito got off to a good start, but more bad news on Noah Lowry takes some steam out of the left-leaning San Francisco rotation.
  • The case against Barry Bonds isn’t getting any stronger, and Greg Anderson isn’t getting any more talkative.
  • The new Glendale home of the White Sox and Dodgers has one of the cooler features around — no wall behind home plate, just a screen from the ground to the sky. A better view and fewer ads, nice.

What we will learn next week:

  • What Japan looks like as the defending champion of the World Baseball Classic.
  • What the U.S. looks like as an underdog instead of a favorite based on past performance.
  • Just how well Johan Santana’s cranky elbow can hold up as he tries to build up to the season.
  • The inevitable rash of flu bugs throughout baseball’s Spring Training clubhouses. Happens every year.
  • Maybe, just maybe, we’ll learn where Manny will play this year. But don’t count on it.

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