Go (Bloody) Sox

The Red Sox just completed the coveted 2 game sweep in April over the Baltimore Orioles and remain in first place by a sexy 3 games. Thanks to Pedro Cerrano, I mean Wily Mo Pena's Grand Salami...

Again, it is still April, yet all the games do count and the Yankees are out of first by 5.5 games and continue their downward slide (6 straight losses). Still, it's April and we all know that the Yankees will have a comeback when their health improves, just gotta hope the Red Sox keep up the pace and that A-Roids does not, oops I meant A-Rod, I did not mean to imply anything there.

In other news, the NFL draft is upon us tomorrow and I will have live draft coverage from New York. (Not really, but that would be cool). There is no doubt in my mind that whomever Willy Belichick drafts, they will still be the best team in football.

In other draft news, the Israeli Baseball league just had their preliminary draft to determine who will play for whom in the inaugural season. The story only gets better from there however, my favorite athlete of all time, (and the only Jewish person to ever excel at any major sport ever, with apologies to Spitz, I do not think that swimming is on the same level as the MLB), Sanford (Sandy) Braun (Koufax) was drafted with the last pick. Obviously this is the greatest steal in any draft since the great Desmond White of Sussex, England was drafted in the 7th round of the 1322 Cricket armatures draft…. Seeing how there are so few successful Jewish athletes, I would have drafted him first even if he hasn't taken the mound in 41 years.

There's another upcoming series with the Red Sox and Yankees, it would be nice to put up a wall of the coffin (last weekend's series laid the blueprints for the coffin), so here are my predictions.

Game 1: Matsuzaka vs. Pettite. Daisuke finally establishes his dominance over American baseball players and strikes out 27, no one makes contact and he throws 0 balls, only 3 pitches per person. Pettite shows his age and why he has been hiding out in the National League (aka "The National League For People Who Cannot Make Contact With Baseballs) and gives up 8 runs in 2 innings. Papi hits 2 homers and sends 8 fans to the hospital.

Game 2: Wakefield vs Karstens. In a not so surprising turn of events, Karstens gives up 4 consecutive home runs to Ortiz, Ramirez, Drew and Lowell, and Wakefield's knuckler is as unhittable as ever and goes 8 innings striking out 10 and allowing 1 run to a BS play where A-Rod slaps the ball out of Youkilis' hand and the ball hits first base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt in the head forcing him to forget the play and Robinson Cano scores, but Papelbon strikes out Abreau, A-Rod and A-fraud (Giambi) on 9 pitches and making A-Rod re-think his life and wear a dress for no reason other than that he is a feminine athlete which is unacceptable in society.

Game 3: Tavares vs Wang. In Wang's first appearance against the Red Sox this season, David Ortiz takes him deep 4 times in 5 innings and Colter Bean relieves him only to give up another 4 homers to David in the final 4 innings, Sox win 29-10 because Tavares is crazy and will give up 10 runs because he wants to, Papelbon gets the 3 inning save and strikes out 9 on 27 pitches, no contact made.

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