“The Yankees signed Richie Sexson mainly for his righthanded bat, but he contributed heavily in the field Wednesday, including a terrific 3-6 double play to end the fifth inning. He also made a stunning stop on a grounder by Mike Redmond to end the sixth with a runner on second. He was involved in 12 of the 15 balls put in play by the Twins that went for outs.

Sexson said he takes pride in defense. “That’s an area of the game that kind of gets overlooked,” he said.”

[now were these stunning in contrast to who else has played at 1st this year? or because he is now a Yankee, in NY?]

the Mariners are scheduled to face left-hander John Parrish in Toronto

Gah, I guess Cito doesn’t want to win that game very badly, does he?

Then again, Gas Can Parrish will probably look like the Second Coming of The Big Unit against the M’s.

“Jeff Clement didn’t require any stitches for the nail that tore off the thumb nail on his throwing hand early in Tuesday’s game. He was sore, though, and isn’t in the lineup Wednesday. Kenji Johjima is catching with Jose Vidro as designated hitter. Manager Jim Riggleman said Clement can swing OK, but throwing is the issue. He didn’t completely rule out Clement playing on Friday, but said since the Mariners are scheduled to face left-hander John Parrish in Toronto, Clement’s return likely will wait until Saturday.

“If he’s totally 100 percent we may get him in there,” Riggleman said. “But if he’s anything less than 100 percent I might wait until Saturday when a right-hander’s pitching.”"

There, not here.

Statheads reign at both sites, but here, at least, the discussions are understandable by the average blog reader. There…? Threads sometimes are practically unreadable, they’re so filled with acronyms for obscure stat analyses, and raw stats presented in unreadable form because someone doesn’t know how to blockquote or code/endcode.

Except for the level of expectations, there’s not much difference.

Good call not having Clement in the lineup today.

any updated reports on his thumb?

REFUSE TO LOSE (Strasburg)!!!

1-5 since the break. 5 straight loses. 38-63.

Go M’s!

As painful as it is to get swept by the Red Sox, and as annoying as “Red Sox Nation” is, the Sox fans who dropped by this site to make comments on the game threads have been nothing but polite and courteous.

Probably because, at this point, they just feel sorry for us.