Bloody Sox Laundry - 8/27/09

by bdalebs on Aug 27, 2009 5:00 AM EDT in Daily Links

Papi's back, fools. Too bad our other nicknamed cult hero isn't as media friendly.

Youkilis Is Sick Of The Media - The Joy of Sox

Who isn't? Oh, wait, can't say that, or else he might hurt him MVP chances (/troll baiting). Correction:

Youkilis on Boston: 'I love playing here' - The Providence Journal

But you think the media is a bunch of greedy, story-creating hounds, right?

C'mon, Youk, either work with me or get a PR guy so that this doesn't become a lead story again.

After the jump: The List is immoral, but our star players are still going to get tested when they perform really well (Get some fluids in ya, Papi).

Court Says Agents Violated Players' Rights in Seizing 'The List' - NESN.com

Nah, really?

@AmalieBenjamin

Bay and Ellsbury got rewarded for their nights with drug tests. #redsox

SoxProspects.com News: Players of the Week, August 17-23: Wilfred Pichardo & Adam Mills

Martinez accepts challenge of knuckler - redsox.com: News

"Obviously, that's not a normal pitch. It's a big difference. When it moves so much and you don't know where it's going to go, it can be tough. It's not typical to catch guys like him."

There’s Been No Shortage of Baseball Oddities This Year - WSJ.com
This season has been full of some of baseball's rarest feats, including a perfect game, an immaculate inning, and an unassisted triple-play. But what HAVEN'T we seen?

Feel free to suggest baseball oddities you'd like to see in the comments - preferably with a link if it's happened before. Other links are cool too.

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I agree with Youk

On the media in general, not just in sports. I can’t stand reporters who go out, say, after somebody gets killed, and they go and do a story on it and ask relatives how they feel. Leave them alone. Just makes me want to punch them in the face.

The media loves to find things they can blow out of proportion.

I know it's early, but it's never too early for a little optimism and hope. All I know is that Soxtober is the best month of the year.

by BHeebs on Aug 27, 2009 9:29 AM EDT reply actions

This.

The media has become the story way too often lately.

@bs_uf15bosox9be The Original Gameday; Learn to use SB Nation

by bdalebs on Aug 27, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Yup.

Man I love that tuna casserole.

by Bloggy on Aug 28, 2009 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Best Red Sox (kinda) Oddity

Pedro (while with the Expos) threw 9 perfect innings, but the Expos didn’t score so it went into extras where he gave up a hit and got pulled. If you look at the bottom of this baseball almanac page, it says that the 9+ innings of perfect games thrown by Pedro and Harvey Haddix were once recognized as perfect games by MLB, however in 1991, MLB changed the rules and took away Pedro’s perfect game.

by Rocket Ship Science on Aug 27, 2009 3:54 PM EDT reply actions