Another backstop went down yesterday, as New Jersey's Jason Varitek will miss most of the next week to recover from a rabid squirrel attack. Teammate J.C. Romero thought it would make a great April Fool's prank if he released the rodent in the locker room, but the prank turned into a nightmare when the squirrel started foaming at the mouth and went after Varitek. Varitek becomes the fourth catcher to hit the injury list. We all remember Chris Ianetta's incident from a week or so ago. He's been joined by Las Vegas' Chris Coste - also out around a month - and Sardine City's Miguel Montero. All these ailments have been a boon for the league's castoffs - the much-traveled Jason Kendall and Yorvit Torrealba have now found jobs with Blue Ridge and Sardine City, respectively, while Las Vegas proudly welcomed John Buck back aboard. Will New Jersey turn to the likes of Kenji Johjima or Gregg Zaun? Or will the Buddah just try to tough out the loss until Varitek can return?
Newark escaped a close one in Blue Ridge yesterday, outlasting the Bombers in extra innings. With the game tied up at 5 in the late innings, Carl Crawford hit an RBI single to give Blue Ridge a one-run lead. But the Bombers gave up a 9th inning leadoff home run to Jack Cust to send the game to extra innings. The teams' bullpens battled it out for four innings but Blue Ridge finally fell in the 14th when Asdrubal Cabrera lined a single up the middle to score J.D. Drew.
The Mighty Men manhandled Jake Peavy and the Iron Fist yesterday, scoring 6 runs against the defending Ben McDonald winner and chasing him in the second inning. The Mighty Men would tack on two more runs to take an 8-3 decision. Brian Giles and Kevin Youkilis each had 3 RBIs and Giles and Derek Jeter had 3 hits apiece.
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