The Best and the Worst of the 2009 MLB Season (so far)

Hello my sports crazed fans! I apologize for the tardiness of my blog this week. The Internet was down and I knew my paycheck wouldn't cover the medical expenses to treat the carpel tunnel that would surface if I tried to type my entire blog from my Blackberry. But, in reality, you already knew my Internet was down (I'm talking to you, fans of my blog: Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Rip), so I guess all is forgiven. Onto this week's blog topic!

Clearly I am feeling creative and decided a top ten list of the greatest moments in the MLB 2009 season thus far would not suffice, so I decided to also include the WORST moments so far (clever I know).

So, here are the Top 10 Best and Worst Moments in the Infant 2009 MLB Season (according to Meredith):

10. A TOP moment to start things off. The Pittsburgh Pirates are excelling at pitching? Jest I do not, the Pirates, or should I say new pitching coach Joe Kerrigan, seems to have a deal with the devil because the Pirates pitching staff is excelling in this young season. Their pitchers are so good that they lead the NL in ERA (who would of thought!).

9. A LOW: Barry Zito "twittered" before he pitched on Monday. Now, it's not the fact that he uses a website that only allows him a mere 160 words to describe how he currently feels that makes this a low, it's that ESPN felt it was hard hitting news and reported on it. (But, as a fun experiment, I am ALSO on Twitter, follow me at MereCon and let me know if you found me from reading this blog! It's an experiment in trafficking!).

Is that a Blackberry in your back pocket, Zito? Photo from Flickr.com








8. BEST moment: Red Sox CF Jacoby Elisbury steals home off of Andy Pettitte. (Now don't say I wrote that just because I'm a Sox fan, it's a rarity). Even better? It shook up Pettitte so badly that he gave up double on the NEXT pitch.

7. Just to show I'm not biased, a LOW moment from a Sox player. Pitcher Josh Beckett went "head hunting" against the Angels. His target? Bobby Abreu. I don't care who it is, aiming 90+ mile an hour pitches at somebodies noggin is never a mistake and it is never ok. When I get into a tizzy while arguing with a friend, I communicate how I feel using my words, I don't hurl a hard round object at their skulls. Communication is key, Beckett!

Photo from Flickr.com







6. And just so you can question whether or not I am really unbiased a LOW from the New York Yankees. So, you want to know the real reason the New York Yankees lost to the Indians 22-4 and are 3rd in the AL East after the Red Sox and the Jays? The wind. Yes, the dimensions of the new Yankee Stadium are so bad that homeruns literally fly out of the park. Two problems with that theory Yankee lovers. 1. Over a billion dollars was spent on that stadium, wasn't it someones job to get the measurements down to perfection? 2. If the wind causes so many issues, like in the 22-4 loss, why were the Indians the only ones that seem to be having any luck? I guess the wind is a Sox fan.

5. A HIGH point times 16. Matt Stairs became the 16th player in the history of baseball to have 16 pinch hit homeruns. While playing everyday would be a favorable alternative, it can't hurt that bad to be the hero and round all four bags 16 times to an All Time list.

Doing what he does best, hitting home runs. Photo from Flickr.com






4. A HIGH point for one player, well a player and his agent, and a LOW point for the rest of us. While, I struggle to make more than 15$ an hour (only to get taxed, stupid recession), Stephen Strasburg may be receiving a pretty big check from the reluctant Washington Nationals. And I'm not talking a couple hundred, although lord knows I would kill for a check that has three digits, but Strasburg could be walking away with somewhere in the ballpark of 8 digits if Scott Boras has anything to do with it. And, we all know he does. How can I get Scott Boras to represent me? In life, generally. It was just a thought.

3. This really only concerns me but a LOW point nonetheless. Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. I'll say it once (and I literally did in an early blog gripping about this very issue) and I'll say it again, Sunday Night Baseball is garbage. The games are drawn out, the announcers are dated, I'm sick of the NESN blackout! Give me back Don, Jerry. and TC!

2. While this may seem like a negative thing, it really is a HIGH point for those of us that enjoy normalcy. The Tampa Bay "No Longer Devil" Rays are last in the AL East. The reason I'm pleased? Besides last season, they have ended up at the bottom of the barrel every season since I first realized the only way I could stay in my family was to become a Sox fanatic. I enjoy consistency, so thank you Rays for holding a losing record thus far in the 2009 season.

and number one goes to......

1. The GREATEST moment of all! Get out the broomsticks people, not for spring cleaning, but for the Red Sox sweep of the Yankees this past weekend. If I have to suffer through Fox Sports I might as well see it end in a W for the Sox. And for all you disgruntled Yankee fans/Sox haters, you can at least chalk it up to the fact that they were a couple of very exciting games.

That does it for the list. Are there any moments that you would like to add? Any you disagree/agree on? Let me know!