Miscellaneous Baseball Thoughts

So Jason Giambi still isn't being specific where his benign tumor is located. It should be interesting to watch the NY media play "where's Waldo" with his cancerous mass.... The Indians are only 3 games back of the Twins in the AL Central. Consider this - the Indians have two of the top three in AL blown saves (Riske and Betancourt - combined 13 BS between them) while the Twins have Joe Nathan (who leads the AL in save percentage with 32 out of 33). This underscores how valuable Joe Nathan has been to the Twins and how God awful the Indians bullpen has been... Brett Boone needs just 36 more AB for his $9 million 2005 option to kick in... If I was given a choice between taking Nomar as my shortstop or Mark Loretta as my second baseman - I would have to honestly go with Loretta... The Dodgers have built a 7.5 game lead in the NL West and the fans aren't happy with either the GM or the owner. The Dodgers have the third best record in baseball! Yeesh.... Albert Pujols leads all baseball with 258 total bases but you have to believe that leader would be David Ortiz (254) if he didn't have that 5-game suspension...