Flag Day Update

Heading into this weekend our teams, the Braves, Cubs, and Orioles are in different positions but this weekend’s action is going to be important. Let’s get right to it…

Thanks to my recognition of how well they were playing the Braves (39-27) promptly allowed the Padres to sweep them this week. Their reward, face the Giants in a three game series this weekend in Atlanta. The good news is they still have a 5.5 game lead over the Nationals. Need to take 2 of 3 this weekend.

The Cubs (26-38) did win last night against division rival Cincinnati. Now they head to New York to face the Mets who are not doing too well. Hopefully the Cubs can improve on their 12 game deficit and help out the Braves at the same time. Let’s Go Cubs!

The Orioles (38-29) have moved into second place in the AL East. They trail the Red Sox by 2.5 games and are .5 game ahead of the Evil Empire. They beat the Sox last night and now have a chance to take over the lead with a sweep against them this weekend. Big series…Come on O’s!

By the way reader(s)…

Some of the best things in life are Medal of Honor Recipients, baseball, football, basketball, Country Music, America, long walks on the beach, fishing on a mountain lake, dogs, tall people, fat people, Rock & Roll, meeting new people, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, pizza, skinny people, short people, The Die Hard movies, The Bourne Series, fried chicken, boiled peanuts, sweet tea, Coca-Cola and Free Bird.

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Carry Me

Papa Roach

Update

Summer weather is upon us. Hot one day and rain the next. Or some weeks rain day after day followed by some hot weather for a brief moment. One place it is definitely raining, at least symbolically, in is Chicago. There really isn’t any good news coming out of the north side of Chicago right now.

The Cubs (25-36) have retaken the bottom of the NL Central. They are 15 games out of first place and are percentage points behind the Brewers. Losing 6 out of your last 10 isn’t going to allow you to gain any ground in that tough division. I know it’s only June but unless the miraculous happens, the Cubbies are playing for next year already.

The Orioles (36-28) have been steady in the AL East lately. They have pretty much stayed in third place 3.5 games out of first. The Yankees and the Red Sox have been streaking a lot so they move up and down a good bit. Hopefully the consistency the O’s have shown will pay off this summer.

The Braves (39-25) have been consistently good as of late. They have won 7 out of their last 10 and still sit 7 games ahead of the Nationals. The Phillies were playing well for a while there and actually moved ahead of the Nationals but have since slipped a game behind them. Hopefully, the Phillies and Washington can just battle it out for second while the Braves pull away. We’ll see.