Still early, but...
Yikes -- lately I've been so engulfed in the Blue Jays' great battle to score runs that I've failed to notice what else is going on around baseball. I knew the Tigers had turned it around briefly after their 2-10 start, but noticed just now they've been swept by Kansas City for the second time this season and sit at 16-25, again losers of 10 of their last 12. Luckily for them, as is the case with the Jays thus far, nobody in the American League has really set themselves too far ahead of the pack. Though they're last in the Central, the Tigers are just six games back of first place Cleveland with 121 games to play. Time to count them out? Not by a long shot...
Once again, right after John Gibbons was written off as fired by just about anybody with a pen in arm's reach, the Jays have caught fire, winners of four in a row. The great Joe Inglett was the hero this afternoon, singling home the winning run in the top of the 11th in a 3-2 win over the Twins. Again, the Jays have crept to within a game of the hallowed .500 mark (21-22) and sit three-and-a-half games back from that team from Tampa Bay that refuses to lose. Should the Rays hold off the Yankees this evening (they're up 5-2 in the seventh), New York will drop into sole possession of last place in the East. How great does that sound?
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The Yanks lost and fell to last place WOOOHOOO!!! Regardless of who you root for in the AL East you always have friends when the Yankees lose! Like I've said before though my pick is of course my beloved Red Sox taking the division and Tampa taking the wild card to encourage them.
As for Toronto, how come Halliday has the stats so far as the pitcher with the most complete games but the Jays are just getting to .500?
As for Halladay, he's just one of several Toronto pitchers getting no run support this year. At this rate, he's going to pitch about 250 innings and lose 20 games...