Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

Shea Hillenbrand is an all-star but is just hitting .267 with runners in scoring position. That's not that great. I like Hillenbrand but his choice feels awful Scott Cooperish to me... The more I think about it - the more I have to ask why Preston Wilson would accept a trade to Washngton. Wilson needs to put up big numbers in his free-agent year and JFK is not the place to do it... When I first heard about the Wilson trade I immediately thought that Jay Payton may be going back to Colorado but maybe the Rockies wany to see what Cory Sullivan can do in center. Either way - I wouldn't be surprised... With all the talk about Derrek Lee and the triple crown - one triple crown possibility seems to have been over looked. The Red Sox could win the triple crown as a team. Johnny Damon easily could win the batting title, David Ortiz could easily win the HR crown and who's going to catch Manny Ramirez for RBI's?.. If the Preston Wilson deal falls through - how about a three team trade between Washington, Boston and Houston. The Red Sox could send Kevin Millar to Washington and Wade Miller to Houston. The Sox would get Zach Day from the Nationals and a prospect from Houston. Miller would be a prodigal son to Houston, the Nats need a bat but can't pay too much (plus they have Church and Johnson coming back - so they need a guy who can fill in for either guy if the DL time is longer than anticipated for either) and the Sox get a young starter with at least one year of arbitration left and they rid themselves of pudgy Millar... Am I the only one who chuckles every time Fox puts on that pinball commercial for the All-Star game that features Derek Jeter?... It should be noted that the Red Sox play 24 of the last 36 games at home. That could be the difference in them winning the AL East for the first time in years... It needs to be said again that Kenny Rogers is a jackass...