Some baseball thoughts

Apologies for not updating the blog for a few days. I'm just going to shoot off some thoughts I have about baseball now, without particular regard to format. The Tampa Bay Rays (32-12) have the best record in baseball. They took both games from the New York Yankees (26-17) at Yankee Stadium this week, further solidifying themselves as the top team in the AL East at this point in the year. The Los Angeles Dodgers (25-19) are still playing really well as much as it pains me to say it, they took two of three at home from the Detroit Tigers (25-19) this weekend. Unfortunately the team on the biggest skid right now is my San Francisco Giants (22-21) who have lost five games in a row. They lost both games in a two game series to the Diamondbacks (20-25) in Phoenix this week and followed that up by being swept by their cross-bay rivals the Oakland Athletics (23-22) this weekend at the Coliseum. The Giants scored a pathetic one run in the three game series this weekend. They need to snap out of it against the Washington Nationals (23-22) at home this week starting on Tuesday.

Series to look forward to this week are the Boston Red Sox (24-21) visiting the Rays for three this week and the Yankees visiting the Minnesota Twins (26-18) for three. The Red Sox looked rather impressive taking two of three from the Philadelphia Phillies (26-17) this weekend, but the key for them is consistency and they'll have a chance to prove themselves against the Rays. The Twins look to take the momentum from the finale they won in Yankee Stadium earlier this season and show New York they can beat them regularly. That's all for now, but I'll be back for more blogging before too long. Amending this a few hours after the original posting, but I'd be sorry if I didn't tell you to keep an eye on a National League showdown this week between two teams in first place with the Cardinals (26-19, now 1/2 game ahead of the Reds in the win column) visit the Padres (26-18) for three games. Who would've thought that the Padres would have the second-best record in the National League right now? Quite the surprising story to be sure. I bet they give the Cards a good series and win a two of three.