9/07 Yankems @ SOX 4:05PM EST

[Kimmi]

I bet if a hitter got known for swinging regularly at 3-0 pitches, he would wind up walking far more often than taking 3-0.

Interesting stat of the day:

Kevin Youkilis had 292 3-0 counts in his career. He did not swing once in such counts.

[illinoisredsox]

Didn't say that at all. Listen man, you're just butthurt that your window closed and you're staring at the abyss. Have fun with that.

I have said that Happ has closed well the past few seasons and he had a really solid 4 year run prior to this season. His velocity has been down all season and is finally spiking now. Maybe that portends good things, who knows. But he's thrown two straight shutout starts against solid offenses, so that helps. He could regress to the slug. He could stay useful. I still don't trust him in the POs and my hope is his end of year hot streak can stoke the flames of a trade in the offseason.

If I was a GM I would never trade with the Yankees; the Evil Empire always seems to wind up on the better end of the deal. Goes for the Cardinals , too.

[TylerD]

I’ll be watching Pats Steelers but flipping to the Sox. Hope they perform better than yesterday.

[jung]

If you want to pull your hair out, Mets v Phillies are 3.5 Hours in and .........just started the bottom of the 7th in a 10-6 contest. Houston up on Mariners 21-1 and STILL GOING!

But fear not MLB fans....as bad as it is getting in MLB at least we are not NASCAR......yet. A quick perusal of the vacancies at the NASCAR Brickyard 400 today would suggest they are expiring now, never mind a few years from now.

PS. 6 minutes later in the Mets/Phillies still no outs recorded in the bottom of the 7th. The Energizer bunny got nuthin' on MLB. We just keep going and going and going.....

[jung]

Oh now this is so special. ESPN has the Sunday night Yanks/Sox game but the US Open finals have not finished up yet. Hell of a partner you have there MLB.