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The Straw That Stirs The Drink
http://thestrawthatstirs.blogspot.com/
Welcome to the straw that stirs the drink, a brand new baseball blog dedicated to everything MLB hailing from that well known baseball mecca of Leeds, England.
- Added on: Sep 29th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Matthew Norcott
- Listed in: Baseball
- Tags: baseball mlb red sox world series yankees orioles
Recent Posts
The Never Ending Outfield Part 1
Theo Epstein is losing his mind. That’s right, I said it. I never thought it could happen but I am beginning to lose faith in the Boy Wonder.The reason: the cast of thousands that would appear to be the Red Sox outfield this year.As far as I can te...
The Best of the Rest
I hate to say it but maybe Albert Pujols isn’t the most valuable player in the National League after all.Certainly all the boxes are ticked when it comes to Pujols being MVP-worthy. The guy rakes, his OBP is consistently high, his glove is amongst ...
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You know what? The Phillies might just pull this one off.I’d thought this series was a done deal when the Yankees elected to go with CC on short rest in Game 4 (which I might add shows an alarming lack of faith in the rest of the staff). Yet someho...
Rethinking Pavano
I used to despise Carl Pavano. Even though I would normally take great delight in the pitching-related mishaps of the Yankees (just thinking about Kei Igawa or Ian Kennedy still makes me chuckle) Pavano's case just seemed too extreme for me to make f...
Why the Sox will get swept
The Red Sox are going to get unceremoniously dumped out of the playoffs tomorrow night and they only have Terry Francona and John Farrell to blame...well that and a complete lack of offense and shoddy D.The Sox intend to send Clay Buchholz to the mou...
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David Ortiz is not done….yet.I spent 5 days in Boston last week and had the distinct pleasure of getting to go to Fenway to watch all 4 games of the Indians series.Of all the amazing things that stand out about that trip and my trips to the ballpar...
