This just in. . .

ARod out for at least one more week.

Julian Tavarez designated for assignment by the Sox. Can't say I'm all broken up about that, but even I have to admit that he's been valuable at times over the last season.

Tampa Bay Rays take over first place by a half game over the Sox. Rays are 7 games over .500 for the first time in their history. If they weren't in the AL East, I'd be happy for them.

Sox trying to climb back into first place; they lead the O's 1-0 in the first. Big Papi just bounced into a double play, tho. :(

Out of what? The tabloids? Not bloody likely. ;)

Bosox slide into the cellar continues and meanwhile after a pep talk from their lunatic owner the Yanks take a game from the current AL East leading Rays.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...0B5hwD90LN72O0

Maybe the boys of Swamp Park need Hank's encouragement as well?

btw... here's an oldie but goodie you all might enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5lPI...eature=related

Somewhat off topic, but still baseball related
 

We had all the kids and grandkids over on Mother's Day and we went through an old trunk full of photo albums, etc. I found my old baby book that I hadn't looked at in at least 25 years. In it was an autograph given to me by Joe DiMaggio when I was 8 months old! It is dated July 17, 1949 and was issued at the Del Prado hotel on the south side of Chicago, so I guess he was in town to play the While Sox at that time. My cousin was the hostess in the lounge at that hotel, so she must have obtained it for me. I'm going to try and figure out what it's worth. I'll probably pass it on to one of my grandsons.

It says, "To Mark Charles Best Wishes Joe DiMaggio". Obviously, "Charles" is my middle name, despite my mother always telling me it was "Trouble". :)

...To a grandson, huh ?

Speaking of the cellar, Yankees are in last place this late in the season for the first time since 1975. Just saying.

Feel free to point out that it's not even Father's Day, so it doesn't matter. And you're probably right. But I thought it was worth pointing out.

Rays are alone in first place for three consecutive days for the first time in franchise history. If they weren't in the AL East, I'd be happy for them.

I bet you a diet coke at Hooters you can't prove that conclusively.

Ha.
Tigers and Mariners have deeper cellars. :)

They said it on SportsCenter this morning, so it must be true. :shrug:

Why were they talking about Hooters & diet cokes on SC this morning?

I guess I lose that Diet Coke. This was on ESPN.com's Page2 today.

I watched the SportsCenter replay and he actually said that the Yankees haven't been in last place on May 15 since 1975. I incorrectly took that to mean that May 15 was the latest they'd been in last, obviously. Apparently, he was talking about that day only; but I'm not sure why anybody would care about that.

This kind of made me laugh. The Yankees' payroll that year, 1990, was $19,339,816. Average salary in the bigs that year was $578,930.

Last year, the Yankees' payroll was $189,639,045; and the league average was $2,944,556.

Does that only include May 15ths that fall on Thursdays?

That's pretty much what I wonder when I read one of your posts.