back to baseball....

ok, so what do the san diego padres, the washington nationals, the texas rangers, and the pittsburgh pirates have in common with the new york yankees?.......they each have lost more games than they have won at this point in the season.....granted, the season is not yet 30 days old......but i must admit delight in the fact that the best team that money can buy is thus far woefully behind in the standings........there are other humerous tales to be told.....for example......the cincinnati reds traded their premier fielder willie mo pena to boston for their contraversial pitcher bronson arroyo.......and so far this season, arroyo has not only pitched 2 winning games for the reds.....he also home runs in each of those games......wow.....pitchers don't usually factor in the game winning offense.....and what about willie mo pena.......no hits to speak of......go figure.......granted, boston is at the top off its division, but only because the other teams in question have had their share of troubles.....cleveland seems to have a great lineup this season.....despite a trade of their cereal guy named....get this.....coco crisp.....to boston........one does need a scorecard to keep track of who plays for whom this year......as in any year........and it is not like i actually watch any games.......without cable i can only watch what fox 56 opts to air....nothing this weekend.....or peek in on game progress through mlb.com......which is about as much as my aging attention span can muster.......no peanuts, no crackerjacks......ah well.........