Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.
-- Sandy Koufax
I've been completely out of the loop, out of touch, incommunicado since getting home from Saturday's game. I have no idea what's happened in the world of baseball, or entertainment, or ladies tennis, or world affairs, or anything at all in the interim. I have some catching up to do.
Why don't I look at the standings and see what that tells me....
The Braves are pulling away. Well, we all knew that would happen, didn't we?
Whoa! What happened to the Orioles? They're not sinking. They're plummetting. Oh, and there seems to have been a suspension? I guess you guys may have discussed that a bit, I'll go have a look...
Oaklnd has closed to within a game of the Angels? Already?
It looks like the AL Central has basically given up en masse...
I was only gone for three days. Yikes.
So here's what's on today:
AL
New York (Mussina 10-6, 3.80) at Cleveland (Lee 11-4, 3.95) 7:05
Seattle (Moyer 9-3, 4.33) at Detroit (Maroth 8-11, 4.57) 7:05
Kansas City (Snyder 0-2, 8.59) at Boston (Miller 3-4, 4.57) 7:05
Toronto (Bush 1-5, 4.33) at Chicago (Hernandez 8-3, 4.65) 8:05
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 6-7, 4.28) at Texas (Rodriguez 2-2, 4.74) 8:05
Oakland (Harden 9-4, 2.53) at Minnesota (Silva 7-5, 3.33) 8:10
Baltimore (Bedard 5-3, 2.32) at Los Angeles (Lackey 8-4, 3.70) 10:05
NL
Los Angeles (Houlton 4-4, 5.70) at Washington (Drese 7-10, 5.61) 7:05
Chicago (Williams 3-4, 4.61) at Philadelphia (Tejeda 2-2, 2.95) 7:05
San Diego (Park 8-5, 5.66) at Pittsburgh (Williams 8-8, 4.27) 7:05
Atlanta (Ramirez 9-6, 4.36) at Cincinnati (Claussen 5-8, 4.71) 7:10
Milwaukee (Santos 3-11, 4.08) at New York (Martinez 12-3, 2.76) 7:10
Florida Beckett 10-6, 3.39) at St.Louis (Morris 11-4, 3.60) 8:10
Houston (Astacio 1-4, 7.17) at Arizona (Vazquez 9-9, 4.29) 10:05
Colorado (Kim 2-8, 5.36) at San Francisco (Hennessey 4-3, 4.96)