Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

The Red Sox may lead the Yankees by just 1.5 games but they are in a very good position to run away with the division. The Red Sox have so far played 10 more road games than home games which means the Sox will be playing the larger percentage of the remaining games at Fenway where they so far have a .711 winning percentage. The Yankees remaining schedule is about evenly split between road and home games... Bad news for Toronto - they're in the opposite situation from the Red Sox. They've played 11 more home games than road games. That means they play the majority of their remaining games on the road (which also means I'm probably going to be wrong about them winning the Wild Card)... With the Red Sox having so many remaining games at home - the real race for them may be for the best record in the AL. Right now they trail the Tigers by 6.5 games - something to keep an eye on... Is it just me or does it seem that the Dodgers went from first in the NL West to last in the NL West in a blink of an eye?... Wanna bet that the Dodgers are floating Derek Lowe as trade deadline bait?... For the first time I think all season - the Yankees now lead the race for the AL Wild Card (by .5 games over the White Sox and Twins)... Manny Ramirez, Vernon Wells and Justin Morneau are the only three AL players in the top 10 in batting average, HR and RBI. I owe an apology to Justin Morneau. I guess he's not the next Rob Deer...