The Yankees have been on fire and have now been atop the AL East for about a week. The Sox trail by only a single game but the next meeting of the two perrenial powers is Tuesday, June 9th. The Bronx Bums have only lost 4 games since May 13th. Quite impressive. The Sox on the other hand have lost 10 in the same stretch. Every club has a rough patch or two throughout the season and to go through this one and only be back 1 game looks favorably on the Sox.
The Reds have had their fate in their hand with a 3 games series with the first place Brewers and now a 3 game series with the second place Cardinals. They were swept by the Brew Crew but have managed to take one of the first two games against the Cards to fall to only 2.5 back. A win tonight keeps them right in contention for the NL Central.
MLB Note: The All-Star voting seems to be coming around a little. I was a little worried at first when Raul Ibanez was sixth in NL outfielder voting although he may have had the best first half in all of baseball. He is currently in second. And despite an effort to expose the flaws of voting, Manny Ramirez has dropped back to fifth. I agree that the process could be tweeked but this is not the way to handle it.
Red All-Star Voting: Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto lead the way for the team but still need some help. Phillips is currently 5th among NL 2B and Votto is 4th among NL 1B.
Red Sox All-Star Voting: Jason Bay is getting rewarded for his outstanding first half performance and is leading all AL OF, Youk is atop AL 1B and Pedroia is 2nd for AL 2B. Mike Lowell is 4th among AL 3B and Tek is being rewarded for his first half as well and is currently 2nd in AL Catchers but could use your help to stay there.
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