The MLC Derby takes center stage this week, but not on a diamond. Whit's Leicester City travel to London to take on Fulham in the second match of the Premier League season. The newly-promoted Foxes dug out an impressive draw against Tottenham on Monday, while Fulham gave up an 87th-minute goal to fall at Old Trafford to a decidedly mediocre Manchester United. The Whites kinda need a result this morning.
Closer to home, the Sox and Mets tangle in Queens a week from Monday. All derbies, all the time in this corner of the interwebz.
The Week in Red Sox
Record: 67-59
7 GB AL East, 3.5 GB Last Wild Card
Though the Sox dropped a game in the Wild Card chase, it wasn't a bad week. Boston closed out a difficult road trip by winning a series in Houston after a four-game split in Baltimore. Meanwhile, Minnesota came back to the pack a bit, so the Sox are chasing both the Twins and the Royals for a spot in the postseason.
With their next 7 at home against Arizona and Toronto in advance of a three-game set in Detroit, the Sox would certainly hope to make some hay. Since I wrote that out loud, and we're talking about baseball, no actual hay may be manufactured.
I enjoyed the baseball stylings of second-year Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida this week. According to my notes, "Yoshida battles the orange robots!" was a thing I said after his two-run homer gave the Sox a 4-2 lead in the first game in Houston. Sadly, their old bugaboo came back to haunt them for the second consecutive day, as a fielding mishap by catcher Danny Jansen led to two runs. In a one-run loss, that'll leave a mark.
Young multi-position player Ceddanne Rafaela also caught my attention this week. He's slender and quick, and while he's not particularly good at the plate (.707 OPS, though his 61 RBI rank him third on the team out of the 9th spot in the order), he's equally adept with the glove at shortstop and in center field, with excellent range in both positions. He's a fun watch.
Let's hope this week matches him.
The Week in Mets
Our man from Citi Field is traveling, so the Metropolitan portion of your programming will follow shortly.
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Got up early this morning and got a workout in. Came home and did a pool yoga workout after being inspired by the yoga talk round these parts. Now drinking a beer and watching college football. I couldn’t be happier.
had a 20-spot on georgia tech +10.5, because football. only regret is not having the courage of my conviction to go all the way to the money line.
oh, and giant nelson muntz laugh to florida state
Rafaela had one of the best catches of the season at short last night in an otherwise dismal game. Although at the time it kept the game close
All of the AL central teams deserve an asterisk for getting to play the white sox 13 times.
dissed the diamondbacks, sox shat themselves twice. so predictable.
Drove to West Palm yesterday and bought a rescue dog (rat and Jack Russell terrier). His name is Steve and he’s adorable.
that's awesome.
can i assume at least a few of this group saw the llws finish yesterday evening.... florida repping - world champs! come'n getsum!
florida state is currently in 17th place in the acc in football. no team has ever been in 17th place before. i enjoy that nugget more than i should.
Following up on Dan's comment from yesterday. I watched the last few innings. Fuck yeah, Lake Mary. Florida is weird but we are good at sports.
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