Well, I can at least enjoy myself here while Boston is losing. 4 game losing streak.

Oh good, Grill is back.

Yeah welcome back Grill, Crawford's hit over .300 for the month of May, Ortiz is getting shafted, there's never anyone on base when he hits his homeruns, it seems as though 10 of his 13 were 1 run shots.

Sox beating the sox seemed about right, they've had a tough year and a half against CHI

8 posts in less than 24 hours here though Grill, you should really spread yourself out before the mods get suspicious, or alerted.

Great Some Baseball Talk. Just enjoyed some good Hockey, and now I will respond.

First on Crawford, I discount his 8-9 when the Red Sox where up 2 games by 12 and 13 runs. No Pressure. More worried about him going 2 for 16 or .125 in his last 5 games, which the Red Sox lost 4 of 5 games.

On Ortiz, all know that hitting a homer with no one on base is alot easier. Since pitchers bear down with men on base. So question is, why is Ortiz hitting homers, or even hits, with men on base? Not too good, in my mind.

DBacks and Tigers win again!

Looking at the Standings after the 1/3 of the Season, here are the 1st Place Teams. All Deserving, I Think.

Yankees
Indians
Rangers
Phillies
Cardinals
Diamondbacks

Also noticed that the Baltimore Orioles are in last place in the AL East. Deserving I think, as I thought they were overrated by anyone who picked them.

Hamels looking good tonight, so far.

Finally, Weaver gets win #7. Great game to go to. After watching this game though, I noticed some inconsistancies in the Yankees offense" Grandy swung at almost every pitch, and the funny thing is, he did not get a single fastball the entire game, that's right, nothing but curveballs and he struck out everytime, maybe we found his weakness. Cano is swinging at pitches clearly out the strike zone, even when he has three balls. Gardner swings at every first pitch he sees. As for all of them, they seem to want to swing for the fences, which lead to too many pop outs. Makes me question on why they are in first place.

I saw some of that game, and since it was a 1 run game, a homer was needed to tie it, and the Yankees are leading the majors in homers. On Cano, I guess your comment was on the 3-2 strikeout, well he was facing a guy through 99 miles an hour so you have to start swinging very early. And he did foul off a number of pitches.

And the Yankees are in 1st Place because they are leading the majors in homers, by almost 20, and are up near the top in runs scored and slugging %. Makes Sense.

At Yankee Stadium it works, but at the Big A, the ball does not carry, especially at night, meaning that alot of the fly balls they hit would have been out at the Bronx, but here, it stays in. I am just saying that they can't win every game relying on just the longball, especially on the road (with the exception of Camden Yards and Rangers Ballpark). This is why the Yankees lose at the Big A most of the time cause they rely on longballs. Back to the Cano bat, yes, a long ball would have tied the game, but being in the 9th, he should have taken the pitch and get on base to put pressure on Waldo, since he sometimes loses his command if he allows a baserunner, just saying.

Bottom line here: Physically, the Yankees are good, but mentally, they are not.

Mentally they are not? Sorry I disagree...As they are only 1 year removed from being World Champions, with a number of still great players. Also, they are still in 1st Place, after the 1st 1/3 of the season.

Also, team play half their games at home, so teams should tailor themselves to be a great home team, but the Yankees are still 14-11 on the road, so we will see how the season plays out.

so Scottie, just checked the game, after warching Bruins lose again.

So seems you may have pissed off Cano alittle, and 2 Yankee homers plus a great game by CC, Angels only have 5 hits through 8 innings, has the Yanks leading 3-1.

Wow, just saw the 2 homers, think Scottie pissed off both Arod and Cano. As Arod said, Yeah, I can hit a homer out of this park and Cano smashed one also.

Also, nice to see a pitcher go into the 8th inning so the team doesn't get stuck with the average middle relief. I just hate watching a game and seeing the starter come out early, especially 5 or 6 innings.

PS. Scottie, Is Torri Hunter a dirty player, a jerk or just CLASSLESS? Watched Cano's homer, as he dove into the stands to try to catch Cano's homer. Saw he landed on an old guy, and first I thought it was wierd that he didn't seem to care he fell on the ground. Jumping back into the field with the guy still on the ground, and then I noticed, he seems to have elbowed the guy's friend or son, who said something to him.

Sure hope Hunter gets called on that by the national sports news or MLB.

14 inning win today, bad luck on Pedroia's error and then the ball hitting third base and hopping up. Either way, still the best record since the first two weeks, just looking to explode again.

Okay, I spoke too soon. I sensed that CC was going to go deep in this game. Also, I don't think Torii did that on purpose. I was trying to make a great play to rob a homer from Cano. I am sure he had no intentions of hurting the guy. Made it interesting in the end though, but this leads to a rubber match that will grab peoples interest, Pinero going for his 100th win, and Colon facing his old team.

Explode, Whatever? Especially since the last 2 games could have been losses, with the Red Sox going on a 6 game losing streak. Anyway, lets see how they do next week against the Yankees in NY.

And today, how lucky the Red Sox were that Papelbon got ejected. After getting bombed for 4 runs in blowing a 9th inning save, he probably would have giving up the losing run...but he and the Red Sox were lucky to get ejected. Then Jenks comes in to strike out 2, to save the day, and Paps ass.

I thought he could have made sure the guy was alright, but the part I thought was the worst, was the elbow shove.

Yeah but we won both games, so boo hoo for you, makes for a better team being able to hang in there, unlike the Yanks if Rivera blows it, its over. And if you actually saw the game, Pap pitched fine and would have not even had any runs if Pedroia didn't error, it was a double play ball. We're playing just ok and still have been the best in AL since the first two weeks, and have switched with the Yanks multiple times.

I don't know why your so excited about the Yanks playing the sox again Grill, since we spanked you 5/6 games already this year, and that was when you said there was no hope for us to take the division, and we did that for the last 2 weeks, and will do it again now that we had a day off.

Well, nice that Paps couldn't pick up the team after the error. As a closer, he failed by letting in another 2 runs, to completely blow the 4 run lead. And as baseball fans know, a double play can never be assumed.

Anyway, talking about your past predictions, lets see if the Red Sox make the playoffs, as I say it will be Tampa and the Yankees.

And are you still standing with your picks of Baltimore, who is in last place...and not the Yankees, currently in 1st Place? You should know as a Red Sox Fan, the Yankees have made every playoff for 15 years, except for 1 injury plagued year. So I wouldn't bet against them and whatever, to your Boo Hoo.

Nice for Lackey getting a win, I'm a big fan of him, but good to see him have a decent start. Also congrats to Ortiz who now has the best AVG among DH's this year. Looking forward to the Yankees matchup.

Also NL East looks like it might be even tougher than the AL East, could get very tight in the end.

Another Close loss. I expected alot of long balls today being daytime where the ball carries better. We had our chances, but blew many great opportunities. This offense has no chemistry. We need to make a major trade for a big bat to scare opposing pitchers, cause none of our people and scaring them. Cleveland was no help either in our cause either.

First interesting how the Red Sox didn't use Paps, even with a off day tomorrow. Think the manager agreed with me, Paps doesn't look right. Well at least Bard gets thrown a bone with his 1st save in like 50 + GAMES.

And Scottie can you see now why the Yankees are in 1st, as the last 2 games. Great Starting Pitching, Homers, Good Defense and Relief Pitching.

And Gun, Sure you are talking NL East over the AL East to try to take away from the Yankees. As I think the Yankees, Red Sox, Tampa and Toronto match up well as the Top Division. Maybe all but yoyr pick of Baltimore, who is in last place.

Why talk about the Yankees, its not like they're the best team in baseball, they are tied for 7th. And they are not dominating the division, there playing ok, but there's really not much of note for them right now, biggest surprise has to be TB staying as good as they are despite all the losses to the team this season.

And I don't think Scottie or I insulted them, so please try and just talk about baseball. I'm talking NL because I can talk about other teams without bashing everyone else. Yankees are your team, and you talk about them enough.

Can you please stop attacking people on here

You guys are looking good, AL has some tight 1 and 2 teams throughout which means some really good teams are going to miss out on the WC this year.

Very Excited for Yankee Red Sox Series with 3 Good Pitching Match-Ups.

Tuesday

BOS: J. Lester (7-2, 3.94)
NYY: F. Garcia (4-4, 3.34)

Wed

BOS: T. Wakefield (2-1, 4.40)
NYY: A. Burnett (6-3, 3.86)

Thurs

BOS: J. Beckett (4-2, 2.01)
NYY: C. Sabathia (7-3, 2.80)