BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Around the horn

The Red Sox replaced third baseman Mike Lowell with infielder Gil Velazquez on the team's active roster for the ALDS. Because the switch was made in the middle of a series, Lowell will be ineligible to play in the ALCS, should the Red Sox advance that far. Remember, Lowell was their MVP last season.

After misplaying the Johann Santana sweepstakes, you can be sure the Yankees will put their best Gold Glove on this. Superstar free agent pitcher CC Sabathia's contention on Sunday that "I'll play anywhere'' would seem to bode well for the Yankees, who are expected to be the most lucrative possible destination. When asked about it, Sabathia also mentioned that he liked New York and considered the new Yankee Stadium a plus.

It's bad enough people talk about the Chicago Cubs being cursed by the Billy Goat. After they were swept once more out of the post-season this time by the LA Dodgers, White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen cusrsed them out in a post-game interview, "Bleep the Cubs."

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