The legendary Hondo has retired, replaced by our new baseball handicapping column called Stitches. Enjoy. And good luck.
Rain, as well as the threat of severe weather washed away both of Stitches’ plays Wednesday. Kept veteran hurlers John Lackey of the Cubs and James Shields of the White Sox in the clubhouse. Same matchups apply Thursday afternoon, so we’ll take stick with our aging guns after an extra day of rest. Twenty units on the Chicago clubs with our losses frozen at 134 durhams.
No action Wednesday. Mail time. Reader Lee Heydolph asks, “Help me out here. … Yankees opener, Sanchez goes to the mound to talk to Tanaka. … One only speaks Spanish and the other Japanese … what the hell did they say to each other”? Can only be one thing, Lee. “Man, that ball got outta here in a hurry.” Keep ’em coming. We’ll print as many clean ones as we can.