Public Knowledge

Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.  -Arthur Conan Doyle    

Public Knowledge:

• Me oh myo.  Look what’s cooking in Ohio.  The Big Red Machine just keeps humming along.  The Reds just swept the Indians.  The Reds just swept the most vaunted pitching staff since the 1974 Orioles.  The Reds just capped a perfect six-game homestand.  Who woulda thunk?  Well, me.  But that’s besides the point.  Yesterday, Adam Dunn, Joey Votto and the Reds touched up the previously untouchable Cliff Lee. 
• Adam Dunn is on fire.  Adam Dunn hit a bomb for a fourth straight game.  Adam Dunn extended his RBI streak to seven games.  That streak matches the major-league high this season.  That streak matches Casey Kotchman, Big Papi and Chase Utley. 
• Meanwhile, Edinson Volquez just made himself the best pitcher in the Buckeye State.  Volquez is now 7-1.  Volquez gave up four hits and a pair of runs in six innings.  It was the first time Volquez had given up more than one earned run in a game this season.  Reds in the playoffs?  C you there. 
• Cliff Lee wasn’t the only pitcher to fall back to earth yesterday.  The Cardinals sixth inning comeback against Tampa Bay ended Edwin Jackson’s streak of 20 consecutive shutout innings.  The Cardinals sixth inning comeback against Tampa Bay ended the longest streak for any starting pitcher in Rays franchise history. The only starters to fashion a longer scoreless innings streak this season other than Jackson are Cliff Lee and John Lannan. 
• Back where they belong.  Back on top.  Back in first.  The Boston Red Sox baby!  Big Papi baby!  Big Papi is back.  Back where he belongs.  Big Papi had two bombs yesterday.  Big Papi had a double yesterday.  Big Papi has seen his average rise to .250 from .184.  He has now hit safely in 15-of-17 games.  He has now thirty-two base knocks in his last twenty-six games.  Yowza!  Oh and not for nothing.  Speaking of back on top.  Papi is back on top the AL home run list.  Welcome back Papi.  We missed you.  Roll Sox roll. 
• Fantasy owners rejoice.  Ryan Braun is back too.  Ryan Braun is back and there was much rejoicing.  Braun hit two more bombs last night.  The Hebrew Hammer hit two bombs just one week shy of the anniversary of his first game in the majors.  Braun already set the record for most bombs within one year of a player’s major-league debut.  Now he’s just piling on.  The next-highest totals belong to Chuck Klein (42) and Mark McGwire (42). 
• Which belief is stronger?  Is it harder to believe that this Spurs team will not make the conference finals?  Or is it harder to believe this Hornets team will play a bad game at home?  Like the Boss always says, “At the end of every hard earned day, people find some reason to believe.”  The Hornets have crushed San Antonio at home in every game of this series.  But still.  The Spurs are who they are.  The closest thing to a dynasty this NBA has to offer.  I’m going with the Big Fundamental.  I’m going with the Spurs.  Dynastic!  Boombastic say me fantastic.  Touch me in my back she says I’m Mr Romantic. 
• Uh oh.  This is not good news.  Not good news for the Padres.  Not good news for fantasy owners.  Not good news for anyone.  The Dixie Cannonball.  Jake Peavy.   Jake Peavy will miss his scheduled start tonight against St. Louis with soreness in his pitching elbow.  Jake has been very unPeavylike as of late.  He has lost three of his last four decisions.  Sharpness in all of his pitches has been absent.  He hasn’t pitched beyond the sixth in any of his last three starts.  He lasted just four innings last Wednesday against the Cubbies.  Not good news.  Not good news at all.
• Am I that old?   A.J. Foyt IV had to deal with wind and then fire Sunday before securing his starting spot in the 92nd Indianapolis 500.  AJ Foyt IV?  Really?  The fourth?  Oh.  The original AJ Foyt is a Jr.  But still.  I’m not a car guy, but I remember the original AJ Foytr just owning Indy.  Owning.  The fourth, huh?  I am getting old. 
• Sheed Says:  He Wasn’t Bullsh#$%*$t
• TO is at it again.  To doing what TO does best.  Throwing his quarterback under the bus.  Terrell was a featured on last night’s NBC 10 Sports Final and was asked to choose between Donovan McNabb and his current quarterback in Dallas, Tony Romo.  Terrell picked McNabb.  Terrell picked the guy he threw under bus in Philadelphia.  Go figure. 
• Yankees still suck.  Yankees still in last place.  Ha ha ha!

Peace out homies.   Six Two and Even!

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