Hardball Heaven

Here's hoping the Blue Jays don't become our 'nemesis' team of 2006 -- if that happens, we may have some issues. The Jays gave Matt Clement the David Wells treatment last night, jumping to an 8-1 lead by the end of the 6th. Vernon Wells had the big blow: a grand slam to dead center. So it's Schill, Wake, and Beck, and then what the heck? It will be interesting to see how Clement and Wells proceed.

Sox start a three-game series tonight against Ichiro and the Mariners at Fenway. To me, Ichiro is one of those guys (like Vladdy, Pujols, Ortiz) that you pay to go see. We'll never see this guy's skill set again - the ability to do whatever he wants with the wood, the speed, the unconscious cannon... scary to see what this guy would do on the Sox or the Yanks.

Side note: big contrast in pitching styles tonight, with Schilling's bullets against Jamie Moyer's soft tosses.

Just heard that J.T. Snow is something like 12 for 22 off Moyer in his career -- look for J.T. at first tonight. 7:05 gametime.