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Greetings.

Nice to see you here.  Tough season so far for the Twins, eh?

Welcome aboard.  Hope you feel better!

Good to see you here, my friend.  What is this - our 10th forum together?

Good to see you again.

Welcome.  Phillies off to a good start.  I hope Maikel Franco picks up the pace a bit (he's on two of my fantasy teams).

Nice to see you here brett.  Let's keep talking some good baseball (my sox vs. your sox)

FYI. I believe the graphic above was the 3-2 pitch on Ortiz, not the 3-1. Also, for clarification, the called third strike on Ramirez was in the 8th inning, not when the bases were loaded in the 9th. Good analysis by ESPN's Schoenfield here...

Mea Kulpa.

I think the 3-1 pitch could well have been called a strike. The 3-2 pitch was not one, however (except that it was).

Pittsburgh sweep and now at the very least a split with Washington -- Agreed.

I've never seen Ortiz so exercised (literally and figuratively)

Also, a fun fact: last night was the first time ever in MLB history that 4 first place teams played in the same city at the same time (Red Sox, White Sox, Nationals, and Cubs).

Cubs took the first of this crucial series against the Nationals (assuming a series is crucial at this stage of the season). Pitching continues to be solid, and the run differential is now an impressive +96 (164 to 68).

Big four-game series Cubs vs. the hot Washington Nationals will test both teams. Match ups Thursday: Ross (3-0) v. Hendricks (1-2) Friday: Scherzer (3-1) v. Lackey (3-1) Saturday: Gonzalez (2-1) v. Hammel (4-0) Sunday: Roark (2-2) v. Arrieta (6-0)

Love quoting myself. The Cubs just swept a solid Pirates squad three straight in Pittsburgh, outscoring the Bucs 20-5. That SRS don't lie! Take away the one brutal loss to the Reds (5-13) and that run differential is 154-56!

Interesting that 8 of the 10 teams that have scored the most runs thus far are in the National League (Boston at #6 and Detroit at #8 are the only representatives from the junior circuit). You might not expect that, what with the pitcher hitting.

Clearly, the White Sox have done so; no need for the likes of Danks at this point. Between them, Danks anbd Roden have allowed 35 of the 78 runs scored against the staff.

The Cubs currently sport a 3.2 SRS over on Baseball-Reference. This is an index that is based primarily on run differential but also factors in what B-R calls "strength of schedule." We all know that the Cubs run differential is off the charts right now (153 scored; 64 allowed), and as a...

For sure. AT least the matchups are favorable; the Red Sox do not have to face Sale