It's that one week that seems to happen every year where baseball has every team play a pair of two-game series, one on Monday and Tuesday followed by another on Wednesday and Thursday. It's really a weird thing and I don't like it much, but I'll still enjoy the baseball played anyway. As a result there will be two Weekdays Preview segments this week as well as two Reviews. Things will be back to normal next week in terms of scheduling. So here's the Baseball Weekdays Preview Part I 5/17/2010:
Most Intriguing Series: San Francisco Giants (21-15) at San Diego Padres (22-15). The Giants really need to break through against the Padres and against their division for that matter. This would be a good place to start as they are only a 1/2 game out of first place. I think this series will be a split and although it's only two games it could help the Giants to gauge where they are in relation to the Padres.
Another Intriguing Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (18-21) at Texas Rangers (20-18). The Rangers are still in first but just got swept by the Toronto Blue Jays (23-16). The Angels just swept the Oakland Athletics (18-20) and in my book are still the favorites to win the division. The Rangers can't afford to lose both of these games at home as that would put a big dent in their confidence to compete against the best team in the division over the past several years. I'll go with a split in this one and I bet the AL West will be quite competitive for a while. Another interesting series over the next couple of days is the Boston Red Sox (19-19) at the New York Yankees (24-13). I'll take the Yankees to win both games. Of note, Mariano Rivera was trying to break Eric Gagne's record for consecutive saves yesterday until Jason Kubel of the Minnesota Twins (23-14) hit a grand slam that enabled the Twins to salvage one game of the weekend series.
Least Intriguing Series: Kansas City Royals (14-24) at Baltimore Orioles (12-26). The Royals appear to be playing better so far under new manager Ned Yost, but both teams are once again hopelessly out of the race. I'll take the Royals to win both games.
San Francisco Giants Preview: See above.
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Derek, what about the Jazz and the draft pick? looks like a weak draft. What about Broyln at the U about done? How about more on the real University of Utah those mighty BYU Cougs. Finally does your brother Andrew still have the hops and are you still schooling him on the court?
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