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AHAHA the Farns is a badass.

Yesterday, when Gomes hit that two run homer off Percival, he took a nice little stroll down the first base line before finally breaking into a run, and he chucked his helmet coming into home. That kinda thing would make Manny go, "Dude, ease off with the showboating."

So today, there was a question of whether or not Gomes would get hit with a pitch in retaliation. I figured that if he did get hit, it would be late in the game after what happened with Nate.

He didn't get hit. I'm thinking maybe Tram told them specifically not to hit him, what with it being the last game before the break and all that. If he did, he probably repeated it for the Farns's benefit, because after getting Gomes out, the Farns gave him a good hard staredown all the way to the dugout. I bet he wanted to hit Gomes so bad. Naturally, I did not see it, because MLBTV chose that exact moment to suck at life, but I could still hear the commentary and I am assured by Rod and Mario that the Farns is scary and Gomes probably hit the dugout feeling like he'd narrowly escaped disaster. This is probably true, because you just don't fuck with the Farns. Tomorrow when the archive is up, I am so watching that bit. Possibly more than once.

Also, the Tigers won 9-4, with all four D-Rays runs coming off Mike Maroth, and our bullpen once again being nails. God, I love the Tigers bullpen. Having a bullpen I can trust is so refreshing. On the offensive six of things, Dmitri got a two run homer and Magglio got a squillion RBI. Okay, three. Also I have decided that he is cute. Carlos Guillen had a 4-for-4 day, and Nook got a triple and ran so fast that I think he may have broken the sound barriers. Rod sure seemed to think so.

There was a pretty scary moment when Polanco, running to first, suddenly toppled over and writhed in serious agony. The kind of agony where, when the trainers were checking his leg, once or twice his hands came up to push theirs away when they got close to the spot, and I think we all know what that's like. He eventually walked off the field under his own power, though, and they're telling us it's a strained hamstring tendon and he's day-to-day. Glad he saved it for the game before the All-Star break; now he gets three days to heal.

The Astros also won, which puts them OVER .500 for the first time since mid-April. When they were 5-4. GO ASTROS. That is an awesome way to kick off the All-Star break. Morgan Ensberg reminded us all that he totally does not deserve to be an All-Star by getting a two-run homer. Not that I'm going to be bitter about that for the rest of the season or anything. Also, that homer came during the sixth inning, which began with the Padres being up 5-1 and ended with a 5-5 tie. The game stayed tied until the bottom of the eighth, and the scoring run? Morgan Ensberg, and I am not even making that up. Who do I get to poke with a sharp stick for his not getting into the ASG at ALL? Not even as a replacement? Not even warranting a spot on the ballot for the Final Vote? RAR. Anyway, final score 6-5, and Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are going to the ASG, so that's nice.

In AL East news, the Red Sox continue to manage to be first in the division and still irritate its fanbase to death by losing 4-1. Why are we so pissed off at our team for being in first place? I don't know, but we are. Probably because in theory they are good enough to be up by ten games instead of two and a half. But David Ortiz stole a base, which was hilarious.

The Yankees won 9-4 (heeeey, that score sounds familiar), which again is fine because Indians = hate.

So off to the All Star break we go. I doubt I'll watch any of the fun, because I care only as far as Morgan Ensberg goes, and also the token Tiger should totally have been Bondo, Inge, or the Farns instead of Pudge. Other than that, whatever.

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You know, for such a shitty little team, I've noticed that the Devuil Rays really like some showboating. Maybe it's because the good moments are so few and far between that they have to milk them for all they're worth.

Still, very annoying.

Yeah, our announcers pretty much said the same thing and cut Gomes some slack for that reason. Still, though, the D-Rays get on my damn nerves; it's like they've decided that if they can't be a good team then they'll be a team with lots of attitude. Nobody's impressed, children, tone it down.

Exactly. They just LOVE to play beanball with the Red Sox. It's really annoying. Like, shoo.

I know! And the funny part is that it's not even worth getting genuinely pissed off about! If it were the Yankees or the Orioles or even the Blue Jays, we'd all be screaming for blood, but with the D-Rays it's just like, "Go away, little boys." We're just not taking them seriously and they just don't get it.

I sort of feel bad for the players. I mean, the reason no one cares about them is that they have an owner who doesn't give a shit about the team and a completely incompetent GM. Can you imagine growing up wanting to be baseball player and working hard at it your whole life and then getting stuck on the godforsaken Devil Rays? I'd have an attitude too.

True. Good thing I don't have to be rational or compassionate about baseball if I don't feel like it. ;)

Seriously, though, I do feel sorry for players stuck on the bottomfeeder teams. That's gotta suck.

First name to mind: Todd Helton.

The dude is a wonderful player and he's stuck on the Rockies, whom no one really pays much attention to. He's on a smaller-scale team, so his achievements and numbers go unnoticed. It's injustice, I tell you!

Yeah, it sucks when good players go unnoticed because their teams are not so hot. Not that I am thinking of any specific third basemen right now or anything.

And, I mean, it's not like his numbers are inflated by playing all his home games up there or anything... :P