Quoted: The first question was why McNamee would lie about drug use by Clemens, but tell the truth about giving human growth hormone to the pitcher's friend, training partner, fellow Texan and longtime teammate (in New York and Houston), Andy Pettitte. Two different cases, Clemens said, adding that he was "shocked" to hear about Pettitte taking HGH, but insisting it had nothing to do with him.
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In other words, a fancy way of not giving an answer. Yes, we know they are two separate cases. But why lie about one and tell the truth about the other? Especially when McNamee faces possible jail time for lying? Clemens wouldn't touch that one. But it's a darn good question.

Quoted: A Tufts physicist and baseball fan will publish an article in the upcoming issue of the American Journal of Physics detailing how a small increase in muscle mass could increase the amount of home runs a professional-baseball-level player would hit by over 50 percent.

Not that I was following the team anymore, but the season is officially over today. There were already holes with the team, but you could always count on the bullpen. No more.

Quoted: There are too many holes in this team being manifested now that the bullpen is merely ordinary. Actually, it's below average right now. Washburn gave his club a very good start over six-plus innings. To lose by eight runs is a sign that something isn't working. There is a lot of anger and frustration in that clubhouse now and the players admit it.

Yay, hopefully the rumor is true this time.

Quoted: Just got back up from Mariners GM Bill Bavasi's post-deadline talk with reporters and I can tell you that Adam Jones will likely be here this week. Bavasi indicated that having Jones ready to step up to the big club helped sway some of the decision-making that went on prior to the deadline.

The timing is not ideal -- given that we have a series against Boston this weekend. Oh well.

Quoted: Eric Gagne is headed to Boston to bolster the Red Sox' bullpen.

Are the Yankees now considered playoff contenders?

Quoted: New York had 25 hits, reaching 20 in consecutive games for the first time in more than 100 years in a 21-4 rout of the Devil Rays on Sunday. On Saturday, the Yankees had 20 in a 17-5 win that finished off a day-night doubleheader sweep.
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Shelley Duncan homered twice, including a three-run drive that capped a 10-run fourth inning, and Alex Rodriguez, batting with sunglasses on a sunny afternoon, hit his major league-leading 34th homer and No. 498 of his career. Hideki Matsui, Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano also homered to give the Yankees hit six home runs in a game for the first time in two years.

Smart move. Everybody in the blogosphere has been hoping for this.

Quoted: The addition of Jones would cause a domino effect in the Mariners lineup. According to the report, Jose Guillen, the starter in right field, would move to left field, with Raul Ibanez moving to designated hitter. That would put Jose Vidro, whom the Mariners traded for last winter and is due $12 million from the club this season and next, on the bench.

Comments like this make me think Ichiro is gone next year. He's obviously frustrated with management's inability to put together a decent team in spite of the $100 million+ budget.

Quoted: Ichiro said he saw the reversal of fortune coming, but repeatedly refused to say why, except to say it was not team fatigue from the schedule. Whatever the cause, the first stirrings of pennant fever a week ago have quickly subsided.