Red Sox's chances of signing Wagner in doubt

Ken Rosenthal chimes in on the topic of the Sox placing a waiver claim on former Met's closer Billy Wagner. Wagner, one of the great closers of all time, pitched in his 1st game in over a year and a half, after undergoing Tommy John surgery. After pitching 1 scoreless inning and registering 2 K's against Atlanta on August 20th, he was promptly placed up for grabs. Mets fans know this is not the first time that one of their players has been hung out just to see how much he's worth, and so should Kenny boy. While everything in this post of his may appear to be true, reading him does to my eyes and brain what fingernails on a chalkboard do to my ears.

Beanballs are a part of the game, but senseless

KR gets it right about beanballs in this piece, but he uses Red Sox incidents more than any other team in his post.

The ugliest brawl I ever saw was a 20-minute donnybrook between the Orioles and Mariners on June 6, 1993. The benches emptied after Mike Mussina hit Bill Haselman in the left shoulder and Haselman charged the mound. That night, writing for The Baltimore Sun, I praised the Orioles, saying they had shown admirable fight.

Maybe the dumbest thing I have ever written.

KR, almost everything you write is the dumbest thing you have ever written. How about this gem:

All of the parties involved need injections of common sense, the way players once needed injections of ... well, you know.

No, Kenny-boy, we don't know. What injections did players once need?

Ken Rosenthal Wastes No Time Tying Papi & RSN to the Whipping Post

Pseudo-journalist for Fox wasted no time at all to lash out at David Ortiz and all of Red Sox fans with harsh words before Ortiz even had a chance to respond to the allegations that his is on 'the list.'



Rosenthal: Black cloud over Boston

Well, Were Waiting

So what will happen first: Kenny Boy will use his standards to go after a mainstream media guy for PED speculation or Manny Acta will get fired? Looks like neither:

Since Ken Rosenthal (among many others) is the mortal enemy of unfounded speculation, everyone is eagerly awaiting his takedown of L.A. Times columnist's Jerry Crowe's suspicious wonderings over Albert Pujols' power. It should be arriving any minute now.

Kenny Boy Botches Acta Story, Tries to Blame Nats

Hey, guess what? Manny Acta is still manager of the Washington Nationals even though Ken Rosenthal reported that he was going to get fired. So what does Kenny Boy do to try to cover his ass for the screw-up? He blames the Nationals for not listening to him:

If my story had "no basis," as Nationals acting general manager Mike Rizzo said, then the team should end the uncertainty over Acta's status and announce that he will remain manager for the rest of the season.

But if my story was correct, then the Nationals should make the change sooner rather than later. Acta, who has handled himself with grace and dignity throughout a trying season, deserves a resolution one way or another.

So now the Nats must tell Acta that he will be the manager for the remainder of the season because Ken Rosenthal wrongly said he was going to get fired this week? The Nats can do what they please with Acta without having to check in with Kenny Boy first. The team said the story had no basis, there is your answer Kenny Boy, you messed up not the Nats.

Ken Rosenthal Admits He is Wrong!

Kenny Boy admitted he made a mistake in picking the Rays to win the World Series this year and said he is wrong every year in his champion pick.

Ken Rosenthal, Fox Sports

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Kenny Boy Reports What Didn't Happen

In today's column Ken Rosenthal breaks the news of a trade that didn't happen a few weeks ago when the Rangers and Red Sox discussed swapping Hank Blalock for Saito. It is nice that a baseball "insider" can break news that didn't happen two weeks after the fact. The article says that "several" teams are expressing interest in Saito but he doesn't mention any team but the Rangers. Keep up the good work Kenny Boy.

And don't think we forgot that Manny Acta is still managing the Nats.