Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

If the Red Sox were to go .500 for the rest of the season they would have 92 wins (technically 91.5 wins). The Yankees would have to go 71-41 (a .634 winning percentage) just to tie the Sox. Only two teams have a winning percentage of .634 or better right now - the Red Sox (.706) and the Mets (.660). Of course the Red Sox won't go .500 for the rest of the season... Alex Gordon is still struggling for the Royals. The highly touted rookie is hitting just .185 with just 3 HR and 8 RBI. I wonder if Gordon is still on anyone's fantasy baseball team? If Gordon was playing the way people thought he would - I wonder if the Royals would be willing to trade former 3rd baseman (now rightfielder) Mark Teahen who is still just 26-years old and who could garner a top pitching prospect if traded... Kevin Youkilis has a blog. His first entry is about his inside-the-park home run. He's also asking for input into a name for the blog. I didn't read all the comments but I'd vote for "The Greek God of Blog" for a name... After today's game against the Twins - the White Sox don't play another game against a Central Division foe for 29 days. Almost a whole month before playing a Central rival. That just doesn't seem like good scheduling...