Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

This observation from Lyflines was too good not to mention:

On Saturday night, Josh Beckett and Alex Gonzalez each homered. It may be the most unlikely pairing of HR in one game since Darren Lewis and Jeff Frye went back-to-back to win a game against Minnesota in 1999.

Tampa Bay is actually the hottest team in the AL East right now. The Devil Rays have gone 7-3 in their last 10 while the next best team in that stretch - the Red Sox - have gone 6-4. It just seems strange... The Rockies are back in first in the NL West. I'm telling you - the Rockies are for real and they will win the NL West this year... Scott Kazmir for AL Cy Young? He's 7-2 with a 2.39 ERA. His wins tie him for best with Freddie Garcia and Kenny Rogers, his ERA is second in the AL, and his 67 K's are second only to Johan Santana's 70... It looks like the Josh Bard for Doug Mirabelli trade was a win win for both teams. Mirabelli makes knuckleballer Tim Wakefield much more effective because of the decrease in passed balls and in San Diego - Bard is hitting .375 in 14 games with 3 HR and 10 RBI already...