Friday, May 31, 2013

School’s out for summer…

Is May over already? It’s hard to believe that the second month of the season is over after tonight’s action. Things are starting to take shape but there is still a lot of baseball left to be played. The next three months will be important to determine if the September call-ups are there to help the team now or just to get experience for next year. Let’s hope our teams are in the hunt come September 1st.

The Orioles (30-24) are hanging in there. They sit 2.5 games behind the Red Sox who have taken the lead in the AL East thanks to a 5 game losing streak by the Yankees. The O’s have won 7 out of their last 10 and are only ½ a game behind the second place Yanks. Tampa Bay has also been playing well and is back in the hunt as well. Only three games separate the top 4 teams in the AL East. Baltimore hosts Detroit in a three game set this weekend.

The Braves (32-21) are plugging right along. Thanks to some help from Baltimore against the Nationals the Braves sit on top of the NL East by 5.5 games now. That’s a good thing because the Nats are coming to town for a three game set in Atlanta. Hopefully the Braves can keep up their winning ways against Washington this weekend.


The Cubs (22-30) are on fire! They have won 4 in a row and now sit only 12.5 games behind the division leading Cardinals. More importantly right now is they have opened up a 3 game lead over the last place Brewers. Arizona comes to town this weekend so maybe the Cubs can keep the streak going.

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