Got Yu Under My Skin
It is much too early ordain Yu Darvish as the next Pedro, but it is tempting to do so. For his first five years Martinez didn’t crack 5.0 WAR but then in 1997 transformed into “vintage Pedro.” I’m thankful this man is not in the AL East. Like Felix Hernandez he can build up his Hall of Fame resume against the AL West… until we trade for him like we did Pedro.
I’m not quite sure why these fans are holding up katakana signs that say “da.” It is the first character in Darvish’s surname: ダルビッシュ. This transliterates as da ru bi [glottal stop] shu. If they were scoring his strikeouts they could just use Ks because that is used in Japan, too. If they wanted to save a sign with each whiff they should have used 三振, shich is pronounced “sanshin.”
It was an all-around poor sports showing for Beantown this weekend. The Celtics started it by losing Game 6 on Friday, the Bruins lost 4-2 to the Maple Leafs on Saturday, and the Red Sox were swept. It could have been worse. At least Red Sox fans aren’t feeling the pain Theon Greyjoy was… yet.
| Game 31: May 5, 2013 | ||
| Boston Red Sox 20-11 |
3 | L: Clayton Mortensen (0-2) |
| HR: David Ortiz (4), David Ross (4) | ||
 Texas Rangers20-11 |
4 | W: Joe Nathan (1-0) |
| 2B: Lance Berkman (7) HR: Mitch Moreland (4), Nelson Cruz (7) | ||
