Matt Diaz is a Better Sportsman Than JD Drew

The craziest swing at the worst pitch to end a bases loaded ninth in a tie game that this middle-aged madman has ever seen. Unlike JD, undoubtedly the honorable Matt just couldn’t bear to be the beneficiary of a bad call in that crucial situation. Of course, JD felt entitled, since a bases-loaded bad strike three in ALCS Gm 7 undoubtedly cost him and the Sox a trip to the Series last year. (And if Chipper Jones wasn’t mired in about the worst slump of his career, I doubt he’d have gone to so much trouble to get himself tossed.) I still say, a little discreet electronic help to the umps, please.

To read the Globe, now, based on a wind-blown 300 foot flyball, Nick Green is the second coming of Honus Wagner.

Sox so far this Year:.....W.…L…..Over .500
April…………..............………..14…..8………+6
May………….............….………15...14………+1
June So Far…..........….………13…..5….….+8
Total…………….....………42…27….+15

In June so far:……..…HR……..RBI…….Avg…….. Slg.
Pedroia…………….........…….0……..…..8………..178…...…..205
Drew…………..........………….2……..…..9………..289…….....533
Youk………….........…………..3……...….9………..210…….....403
Bay…………..........……………3………...17……….246……......449
Pap………………..........………5……..….12……….308……......654
Lowell…………….........….…..2………....6…….….220..….......339
Ellsbury……………........…….2…...…….6………..308……......442
Tek……………….........…...….0……..…..3………..190….....…..333
Green…………….........………3…….….10…..…….283……......528
Total Starters…..…….18………71……….244……...422

The Starters in June:………W….L……ERA
Beckett………………….............…….3…..1……..1.91
Lester………………….............………1…..1……..1.71
Wakefield………...........……………..3…..0……..4.30
Penny…………….............……………1…..1……...2.78
Total these Starters……..….8….3…….2.68

(I think I might be leaving somebody out, but I can’t for the life of me remember who it might be…or find any mention of him on the Sox website. In fact, when I clicked on the vacant fifth starter spot in the Sox rotation, all that came up was an Official Police Report, filed by a Mr. Theodore Samuel Epstein, alleging that '$100 Million is missing from the coffers of the Boston Red Sox Baseball Club.')

Anyway, pretty amazing for the Sox to be 13-5 in June, with Ped, Youk, Lowell, and Tek all really struggling. I bet those nattering naysayers who kicked Poor Pap when he was way, way, way down, absolutely stinking out the joint night after night after freaking night, feel quite foolish now!!