Quote of the day
"I don't want to be national news tomorrow. I don't want to have you guys asking me the same questions. I've got almost 370 bombs in the big leagues. Everybody wants to make a big deal because I bat-flip one of them." -- Red Sox DH David Ortiz, explaining why he did not flip his bat on Wednesday after homering in back-to-back gamesDaily blurb
As we pass the 60-game mark in the MLB season, the Red Sox are in first place. So much for the damage done by starting the season at 0-6, and also 2-10. Meanwhile, Cleveland’s lead in the A.L. Central is down to 1.5 over Detroit, down from 6.5 games just 10 games ago. They’re now a half-game behind the Red Sox in the race for the best record in the A.L. And those two teams are definitely trending in different directions.
The RotoGuru/DBD Draft$treet weekly freeroll wraps up tonight. The top spot is still up for grabs, and there are a lot of teams still in contention to cash. Curiously, the team that currently ranks first has one hitter - Allen Craig - who has amassed a total score of -0.5 points, so it’s obviously not necessary to fire on all cylinders. Looking back to last Friday, Craig was coming off of four straight games of 6, 6, 8.5, & 9.1. Since then, almost nothing.
Rod Pampling is the popular favorite in GuruGolf this week. Why? I suppose it’s a combination of a modest price ($930) and three straight weeks making the cut, two of which were top 10 finishes. I’ll have to confess, he never really popped up on my radar, as he just doesn’t get enough birdies (only averaging 3 per round in 2010-2011), but there certainly is value in playing all four rounds, and he has averaged 3.5 “birdie or betters” over the last three events, so it’s hard to argue against the value for the price.