I’ve bitched in the past about the quality of their journalism, but the effusive praise in this blurb makes me want to take it all back. Wow. That’s all I can say. Wow.

Update: The fine folks at Gapers Block Transmission put me in their rotation. Woohoo!

Week in Review: As I alluded to last week, life on the road seems a bit harder for MLB teams. I definitely think the outlaw of ‘greenies’ has much to do with that. The Crew won two out of three against Atlanta, lost two out of three in Minnesota and lost last night to an Arizona team who came back from a tough road trip. That makes for a 3-4 road trip so far. Not bad, but not good. Considering that Friday night’s game was very winnable it seems that we can expect a struggle to finish every road trip at .500. Keeping pace with the Cubs is nice, but the Brewers will have to make a move in the standings eventually.

What Opposing Telecasts Tell Me: Arizona supports the troops and Minnesota loves Kent Hrbek Outdoors. I missed the Atlanta telecasts but man…Chipper Jones is aging terribly despite being able to hit almost .400 on one leg.

Good Week: JJ Hardy is on a tear right now while he’s in the middle of a 12-game-hitting streak. This would be great news but the big hitters behind him aren’t pulling their weight.

Scufflers: Going back to last Monday, Prince Fielder is 2 for 27 with only 1 RBIs. That’s not the best way to go about improving arbitration dollars (arbys). The over-analyzers at BF.Net are up in arms, but let’s just call it one rough week during a long season. The lack of production is usually covered by Ryan Braun, but his contribution of 3 RBI’s and no HR’s during the same span doesn’t exactly help things either. If the 3 and 4 spots don’t produce, it’s tough to win games.

The Week Ahead: Three more against the D-backs before finally heading home to beat up on the bottom feeding Pirates. A four game set against Colorado follows. My realistic prediction is that they split the Arizona series and sweep the pirates for a 5-2 week.

…and finally.

Sox and Cubs fans unite to beat up a guy who refused to return money that fell out of a woman’s purse. The video perpetuates the negative characterization of Sox fans, but I’d like to say the guy’s issues extend beyond that of his sports allegiance.