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What were the Phillies thinking not rebuilding?
How could the Giants, Blue Jays and Royals stand pat?
Why were the Marlins more productive than contenders this year?
And oddly did the Rays make sense in the trade for David Price?
All this and more on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Jordy Mercer, Ryan Vogelsong, Justin Verlander, David Murphy, Sonny Gray, Doug Fister, Brian Dozier and Matt Carpenter all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball?
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The Red Sox and Yankees played each other last night… kind of.
My friend, the great comic Erin Foley said it best in a tweet.
@sullybaseball watching the game, OMG who the heck are these people? #redsox
— Erin Foley (@erinfoleycomic) August 1, 2014
Lots of new faces for the Red Sox. Anthony Ranaudo won his debut. Mookie Betts made a game saving catch. Christian Vazquez made an appearance. Brock Holt was in left and right.
For the Yankees shortstop Stephen Drew was at second for the first time in his professional career. Chris Capuano, a Red Sox for a minute, was starting. Chase Headley made his rivalry debut.
It was all very confusing.
In the end some old friends for the Red Sox stepped up. Ortiz, Pedroia and Uehara did THEIR jobs and the Red Sox, looking forward to 2015 and sinking the Yankees hopes, walked away winners.
We root for laundry. Ergo the Sox won, even if the people wearing the unis were kind of new.
Time to update the Dodged Bullet/Teeth Grinder tally.
An explanation of what this is all about can be found HERE.
GIANTS DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally
41 Dodged Bullets 34 Teeth Grinders
TOTAL: + 7
A’S DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally
Sonny Gray pitched a terrific game, but a Raul Ibanez homer was the difference as KC won 1-0 in Oakland. TEETH GRINDER
40 Dodged Bullets 34 Teeth Grinders
TOTAL: +6
RED SOX DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally
Pedroia drove in a pair as Anthony Ranaudo won his big league debut and struck out Jeter in the Red Sox 4-3 win over the Yankees. DODGED BULLET
35 Dodged Bullets 43 Teeth Grinders
TOTAL: -8
This tally includes the Giants bizarre win over Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
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