Baseball = Love

The 2006 Major League Baseball season is nearly a month old now and there have been a few surprises so far. I give the Cincinnati Reds the prize for the best start out of the gate this year. 17 wins and 7 losses and they are sitting in 1st place in the National League Central Division. I didn't see that coming. The New York Mets are also in first place with a 16-7 record. But they have spent a butt-load of money over the past few off seasons, so they should be in first place. The big question in the National League East will be can the Atlanta Braves catch them and win the division for the 142nd straight year (or something like that). The answer to that is "probably".

Congratulations to Jonathan (what a great name!!!) Papelbon who just tonight set a record for most saves in a month by a rookie pitcher with 10. The old record of 9 saves by a rookie pitcher was held by some guy who played for the Kansas City Royals. I forget his name, but he saved 9 games in April 2003 for the Royals. I was amazed to learn that the Royals actually won 9 games in a month that recently, they have been uncompetitive for years. Revenue sharing hasn't helped them any.

I feel sorry for: The Pittsburgh Pirates

They are already 10.5 games out of first place on April 29th. It is going to be a long season for my buddy Jerome. Thank goodness he has the Steelers.

Random Movie Quote:

"You can do it, you old sausage." - Chicken Run