Buck gone from the booth Nighty Cap
• Once again we have another shining example of the average mentality of Red Sawx nation. A group of men -- some with Irish accents -- beat up a 23-year-old Cambridge man and sent him to the hospital after they spotted him sporting a Yankees baseball cap.
• Noah Lowry walked nine of the first 12 hitters he faced Monday in the San Francisco Giants' 6-4 loss to the Texas Rangers in 10 innings.
Lowry threw 24 pitches before a Texas hitter took a swing. He went through the order once without an official at-bat--along with the walks, Ben Broussard and David Murphy hit sacrifice flies. Steve Blass could not be reached for comment.
• It is truly a happy day for St. Louis Cardinals fans. For the first time since 1960, there won't be a Buck in a Cardinals broadcast booth this year.
Joe Buck, who had been doing the play-by-play for a few Redbirds games on FSN Midwest in recent seasons, has decided not to return in order to enjoy himself at the ballpark in a nonworking capacity.
It should have said "he has decided not to return so fans could enjoy the broadcasts."
• Over at the Hardball Times they have worked up a nice article about the 10 worst lead-off hitters of the past 50 years. Horace Clarke made the list. The Yankee teams of my youth really did suck.
• Bobby Knight knew when to get the fuck out of dodge. Or Lubbock. The record for the most lopsided loss in Texas Tech history stood for less than a week.
Russell Robinson scored 15 points and No. 5 Kansas played everybody wearing a uniform in a 109-51 thrashing of the Red Raiders on Monday night. The 58-point margin topped the 44-point pounding at Texas A&M last Wednesday that had gone into the record book as Tech's worst loss ever.
And what did the Red Raiders do in between historic setbacks? They beat then-No. 5 Texas 83-80, halting the Longhorns' eight-game winning streak.
• Warrick is done. And the hilarity of the Atlanta front office contniues. Rather than exploring a trade for even a second day pick, Warrick Dunn was released by the Atlanta Falcons on Monday, one day after the club signed free agent running back Michael Turner.
• Leyland says he's 'not going to force' Inge to catch. Could be a new movie. Brokeback Tigers.
• From Buster Onley: Kyle Lohse's contract demands, which stood at five years and something in the range of $10 million a year at the outset of the offseason, are down to one year, and something higher than $4 million and less than $10 million a year. He is still unsigned, and has been told by multiple teams this spring that they have no interest.
LOL. Another win for Scott Boras.
• Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane told a crowd of baseball fans Monday that it was "unfortunate" Congress chose to have hearings on the use of steroids in baseball.
"There possibly could have been some other things for Congress to focus on in our nation," McLane said.
Of course no one on the Astro's ever took any PEDs. Like McLane gives a shit. He should just stick to stocking convienence stores and giving away tractors.