AL East Roundup: Prodigal Rocket Swayed By King George

AL EAST	W	L	GB	L10	STK	E#
Boston Red Sox	21	10	–	7-3	W2	—
New York Yankees	15	16	6.0	7-3	W1	126
Baltimore Orioles	15	18	7.0	4-6	W1	124
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	14	18	7.5	5-5	L2	124
Toronto Blue Jays	13	19	8.5	2-8	L7	123

Yankees 8, Rangers 2. How huge was Alex Rodriguez’s April? Last night he hit his first home run of May and he still leads the majors by 4 home runs over the nearest slugger. Meanwhile, the Yankees got a much-needed strong performance from Andy Pettite, who was obviously in a homoerotic state of euphoria now that his buddy Roger Clemens has signed with the Evil Empire once again.

Red Sox 9, Jays 2. The Jays have now lost 7 in a row and are the only thing keeping Rays fans from jumping off the band wagon completely. The bad news for the Jays is that they now know why Victor Zambrano doesn’t like to throw strikes. Before he was yanked with 2 outs in the 3rd inning, Zambrano had only walked 2 (that’s good for him) but he managed to give up 8 runs, courtesy of 4 home runs. Oh, by the way Josh Beckett now has 7 wins ins 7 starts this season. Can we just give him the Cy Young award now? We better, or soon the Pink Hat nation is going to want the award renamed in his honor.

NOTE FROM AROUND THE AL EAST…

• David Ortiz is not sure if he took steroids as a youth. If he did, it sure didn’t help him in Minnesota.
• Troy Glaus was named AL Player of the Week, which of course helped the Jays to exactly 0 wins during the week.
• Roger Clemens will pitch at least one game in Tampa for the Tampa Yankees as he prepares for his coronation as the savior of the historic franchise.
• Roger Clemens says that he was swayed to pitch for the Yankees based on something that George Steinbrenner said to him. Clemens refuse to elaborate about what was said until at least after the season. This make one wonder if this is not King George’s last season as the principal owner of the Yankees. He has been conspicuously less present in recent years and many have speculated on his health.

Around The AL East: Sox Fans Believe Josh Beckett Is Going To Finish 32-0.

AL EAST	W	L	GB	L10	STK	E#
Boston Red Sox	7	4	–	7-3	W3	—
Toronto Blue Jays	7	5	0.5	6-4	W1	151
Baltimore Orioles	7	6	1.0	7-3	W4	150
New York Yankees	5	6	2.0	4-6	L1	150
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	5	8	3.0	3-7	L1	148

Red Sox 7, Angels 2. The Red Sox played their annual Patriot’s Day morning noon tilt, and once again the winning time of the marathon was quicker than the game itself. Oh, and Josh Beckett won his third straight start and Pink Hat fans everywhere are already screaming Cy Young. Big Papi hit his 4th home run.

NOTES FROM AROUND THE AL EAST…

• Chase Wright has two starts above A-ball but will make his major league debut at Yankee Stadium tonight. Nothing like just throwing a child in the middle of the lake filled with piranhas to see if they can swim.
• We have all seen the now-famous pizza throwing incident from yesterday’s Red Sox game, but can somebody explain to me why it happened? They were both Sox fans and he kept an Angels player from catching a foul ball. Shouldn’t the guy have bought him a beer instead? Sox Fans *shaking head*.
• The excuses are starting to come already as to why Daisuke Matsuzaka has not thrown two perfect games in his first two starts. Apparently they use a much different ball in Japan.
• Former Devil Rays shortstop Julio Lugo is impressing people in Boston.
• The Jays’ Reed Johnson will be out until at least July after having surgery to repair a herniated disk.
• Not a good week for the Blue Jays as Troy Glaus and BJ Ryan were also placed on the DL.
• Marshall Bradway of RealGM Baseball suggests that the Devil Rays sacrifice long-term success in an effort to field the best possible team now. Hmmm? Not likely to happen.