Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

I love Bill Mueller but he does ground into too many double plays. Currently he leads the AL with 14 GIDP... Brian Roberts of the Orioles has an impressive triple crown going - he leads the AL in batting average (.365), on base percentage (.437) and slugging (.617)... Even more impressive is the fact that Derek Lee of the Cubs has Roberts topped in all three categories - batting average (.385), OBP (.461), and SLG (.717)... The Red Sox remain the number one road draw team in MLB with a 38,921 average per road game. The Cubs are second (37,888) and the Yankees third (37,136)... Do I have to remind you that Kenny Rogers couldn't handle the pressure of playing in New York... I don't like Gary Sheffield but he is arguably the Yankees MVP so far this season (he has more Win Shares than A-Rod). I don't see how trading him helps anything for the Yankees. In act I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets just played along to leak it to the press and implode the Yankee team from within...