Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

I wonder how long it has been since Cincinnati has had two starting pitchers in the top 15 in league ERA - Bronson Arroyo is 1st (2.47) and Aaron Harang 14th (3.59)... I have to think that Yankee fans have to he happy with Johnny Damon. Almost a .300 batting average (.299), 5th in the league in runs and 10 HR and 40 RBI... Tom Glavine is 11-2 and now just 14 wins away from 300 for his career. The Mets have to be happy seeing how Glavine has not won more than 13 games in any season since joining the Mets in 2003. His win last night tied Glavine with Robin Roberts for 26th place on the all-time list. His next win ties him with Bert Blyleven for 25th and 2 wins puts him into a tie for 24th place with Tommy John... John Smoltz had to leave last night's game with a strained groin. Strained Groin would be a good name for a band. Smoltz needs 13 more strikeouts to tie David Cone for 20th place on the all time list... Manny Ramirez needs 7 more HR to tie Jose Canseco for 26th place on the all-time list. It took Jose 17 seasons to reach his 462 but Manny is just in his 14th season. With 20 more HR this season Manny will pass Dave Winfield's 465 and to tie Willie Stargell and Stan Musial's 475 for 23rd place. Winfield played 22 seasons, Stargell played 21 seasons and Musial also played 22 seasons... I had made fun of Justin Morneau as a Rob Deer clone playing 1st base but I have to admit that Morneau is perhaps the hottest hitter in baseball this month. In June Morneau is hitting .368 with 9 HR and 25 RBI. Going in the opposite direction for the Twins is Torii Hunter who is hitting just .229 with 1 HR and 5 RBI's in June... If the game today is not rained out - I hope the fans at Fenway boo the hell out Phillies starter Brett Myers. A man who would hit a woman is not a man - he's a piece of shit...