肯米的棒球天空

套一句大家都熟悉的話語：老兵不死，惟有凋零。就像John Smoltz一樣沒有在勇士引退，轉來紅襪後卻投不出好成績，在基襪第一戰後投出３。２局掉８分後最終被DFA，但現實是殘酷的，從３Ａ上來的田澤將接替他的位置。

A's release Giambi

First baseman was batting .193 in return to Oakland
Jason Giambi, who struggled through a half-season return to Oakland prior to landing on the disabled list in late July, was unconditionally released on Friday by the Athletics.

Giambi, 38, had been on the team's DL with a strained right quad since July 20. Prior to that, he hit 11 home runs and drove in 40 runs, but batted only .193 in 83 games.

Smoltz designated for assignment

The Red Sox called up Junichi Tazawa, acquired Chris Woodward from the Mariners and designated Billy Traber for assignment this afternoon, according to D.J. Bean of WEEI.com. Tazawa pitched well in the minors, striking out 88 in 98 AA innings before pitching twice in Triple A.

The Red Sox designated John Smoltz for assignment, according to DJ Bean of WEEI.com. Smoltz, 42, struggled in eight starts for the Red Sox. He only walked nine, but eight of the 59 hits he allowed were homers. His ERA ballooned to 8.32 after allowing eight earned runs at Yankee Stadium last
night.

不過很有趣的是，在剛剛打完的基襪第二戰田澤就上場，在１４局下半上場幾乎造成危機，但還是度過了這場災難，只是在第１５局被A-Rod轟出再見全壘打，該說是社會新鮮人的震撼教育嗎？有衰到吧。