Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

Craig Biggio is currently in 29th place on the all-time hits list with 2,959 hits (just 41 shy of 3,000). All but three of the players ahead of him on the hits list are in the Hall of Fame. The three are Pete Rose (you know why he's not in the HoF), Rickey Henderson (a sure thing when his name gets on the ballot) and Rafael Palmeiro (who won't get in because of steroids). I don't understand why some people still debate whether Biggio belongs in the Hall of Fame... Speaking of Craig Biggio - his next double with tie him with captain Carl Yastrzemski for 7th all-time with 646 two-baggers... Biggio is also 34th on the all-time total bases list. His 4,566 is 502 more than slap single hitter Wade Boggs... Three of the five oldest players in the AL all pitch for the Red Sox (Timlin, Wakefield and Schilling)... Speaking of Tim Wakefield with his 7 innings of no run pitching last night - his ERA is down to an impressive 2.11. That puts him second in the AL only behind Dan Haren of the A's... There are three teams in baseball that still haven't scored 100 runs - the Cardinals with 87, the Nationals with 88 and the Pirates with 97... The Red Sox have the best record in the AL in large part bcause they have given up the fewest HR in the AL with just 20 surrendered. The Red Sox have also given up only 100 runs (which is also tops in the AL but to be fair the A's have given up 101 and played one more game)...