The nation's love affair with Mike Timlin continues!

I figure most of y'all didn't stay up or were out and about for the end of the TBS postgame show, but apparently the nice folks at Sox & Dawgs were still up or had the TIVO set, because lookit what they found:

This is just brutal

by beisbolct

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It ain't [...]

Hankenstein spouted off again Saturday, proving once again that he is a blustering moron.

"There is one very important point here," Steinbrenner told The Post during an exclusive half-hour session. "The most important thing to remember is this: If you didn't get it from me or my brother [Hal], it doesn't mean [anything]. I don't care [...]

Rays 9, Sox 8 (11)

WP: Price (1-0) LP: Timlin (0-1) SV: None

HRs: BOS-Pedroia, 2 (2), Youkilis (1), Bay (3); TB-Pena (1), Longoria (3), Upton (4)

Summary:

Josh Beckett blew three leads, the teams tied a postseason record for most homers in a game, and the Rays prevailed as soon as Mike Timlin took the mound for the [...]

Just one month ago, I was advocating the position that the Tigers should essentially bring their 2008 lineup back intact for the 2009 campaign; but now that Dave Dombrowski has announced the team will likely cut ties with shortstop Edgar Renteria, it's obvious that at least a minor retooling is on the horizon this offseason. [...]

For three full seasons, from 2005 to 2007, a terror known as Pedro Feliz brought pain and suffering upon all Giants fans with his presence firmly ensconced at third base. He made every connoissuer of offensive efficiency and the patient plate approach cower in fear. He swung at first pitch sliders in the dirt, he [...]

Four games at Citizens Bank Park. Four Phillies victories. And the Phillies are two wins away from the World Series.

I was fortunate enough to be in attendance for game 1. That is the loudest that Citizens Bank Park has ever been in all my times attending a ballgame. Manny did a great job quieting the [...]

Sox 2, Rays 0

WP: Matsuzaka (1-0) LP: Shields (1-1) SV: Papelbon (2) HRs: None

Summary:

After a shaky start, Daisuke Matsuzaka took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and Boston used a sac fly and a misplay by Carl Crawford to take Game 1 of the ALCS at the Trop.

#1 Stunner: Matsuzaka 7IP, 4H, 0R, 4BB, 9K, [...]

As if the news wasn't depressing enough this week, Bruce Dal Canton died the other day. Dal Canton pitched in the majors for 11 years for the Pirates, Royals, White Sox and Braves.

But he was a friend of my family, having played college ball with my dad at a tiny public school near Pittsburgh. [...]

In the winter of 2007-08, the Giants took a look at the shortstop options in their system, on the free agent market, and on the trade market and, beholding the destitution they saw before them, decided to re-sign Omar Vizquel for one year and pray that the 41-year-old Gold Glover had one more year left [...]

Our fearless leader Jesse found this post on Boston Craigslist's Rants & Raves:

Female Rays Fans Getting Mowhawks in the South to Show Their Support

Reply to: pers-873810821@craigslist.org [?]

Date: 2008-10-10, 11:05AM EDT

Red Sox ladies need to step up to the plate and go bald to show these dumb bitches what real fans are all about!

http://www.bugsandcranks.com/tampa-bay-devil-rays/david-chalk/video

How 'bout it [...]

Jonny Gomes spent the day before the biggest series in Devil Ray history carrying a big axe, and the rest of our beloved Tampa Bay Devil Rays were prepping and dealing with the media.

How did some of the Red Sox spend the day before Game One of the ALCS? We caught up with Dustin [...]

Are you like me? Are you conflicted about rooting for either the Sox or the Rays tonight? I mean, I'm an AL East fan and I rooted against the Rays and Boston 38 times this season. And now I'm supposed to pick one to root for?

Since it's bad karma to root for an act of [...]

Game 1 Fri 8:37 @ Tropicana FieldA

Matsuzaka (0-0, 5.40) vs. Shields (1-0, 4.27)

Tampa Bay

Who's HOT (ALDS):

-CF B.J. Upton 5-18, 3HR, 4BI Who needs to hustle when you hit home runs?

-2B Aki Iwamura 7-14, 3R, 3XBH, 4BI The catalyst at the top of the order

-1B Carlos Pena 5-10, 2BI, 2SB Played well after missing a [...]

When you look at all four of the teams still playing, one common denominator is that all of these teams are getting significant help from young players they drafted and developed.

I thought it would be instructive to go back and look at the players the Yankees drafted, and who they passed on, in recent years. [...]

There comes a time when covering your own ass trumps loyalty and friendship.A After seven seasons as Rockies manager, and with only one year remaining on his contract, that time finally arrived for Clint Hurdle.

On Wednesday, several of Hurdle's coaches/posse were not offered 2009 contracts, leaving openings on his staff, and emptiness in his heart.

"It [...]