Usually when you struggle in a game, you simply "go over" a
point or two like in blackjack. For some of the weekly busts, they went over 21
with a face card and kept saying hit me after the fact. Everything from having
no performance, to breaking a nail or wearing a gold thong this past week
Clay Buchholz - SP
(Boston) - Can you imagine having one of your players on the DL because of
a broken nail? Or did Boston just put Clay on the DL because of his horrible
pitching last week? Buchholz pitched 4.1 innings last week and gave up eight
hits, seven runs and five walks, giving him a nice ERA of 14.54 and a 3.00
WHIP.
Gary Sheffield - OF
(Detroit) - Are you surprised to see Gary on the weekly busts again? If you
are, you need to pay more attention to baseball. This is like his third
straight week and there isn't much to say about him. Detroit continues to play him, waiting for him
to come out of his slump. Last week we went 0 for 10, but at least he got three
walks. Heck, I could do that for 13 million dollars a year too.
Jim Thome - Util
(Chicago) - Last week was nothing like what we except from Thome. He had
one hit in 15 at-bats, getting himself one RBI and batting a gut wrenching .067.
For every GM out there that owns him, I apologize, you don't deserve that. That
kind of play is only a step above Gary Sheffield and that isn't saying much.
Johnny Damon - OF
(New York) - It's time for Johnny to wears Giambis' golden thong. His slump
last week was very unlike the Damon we are used to seeing. Johnny went 2 for 25
with one RBI and a jaw dropping average of .080. Even though he had a
horrible week, his season numbers aren't all that horrible and he will
eventually come around, but this past week he was definitely a bust.