Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 23, 2004
Giant Step

The Giants are back in first place after an 11-5 win over the Dodgers. If this run had happened in September, we'd be talking about one of the great comebacks. But divisions are won as much in June (or April or May) as they are in September; it's just not clear when it happened until the season is over. The little used Deivi Cruz banged out five hits last night, including three doubles and is now hitting .326 in 95 AB. Durham and Tucker set the table with three hits apiece and scored four runs. Alfonzo knocked in six with two hits. and has 25 RBI in June after driving in only 18 in April and May. The pitching wasn't great, but it was good enough to win a high scoring game (something Cleveland didn't do last night).

At this point in the season, 21 of the 30 teams are in contention for the playoffs and in five of the six divisions, no more than 1 game separates 1st from 2nd. And no team is so far out that a nice winning streak wouldn't bring them back into contention.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:07 AM | Standings | TrackBack (0)
Comments

"The little used Deivi Cruz banged out five hits last night, including three doubles and is now hitting .326 in 95 AB."

That just goes to show you how little 95 AB really mean.

Posted by: sabernar at June 23, 2004 09:20 AM

The playing field is leveling out with the increased revenue sharing, as well as many team passing on "tools" and going with guys that can hit rather than running fast.

Posted by: Al at June 23, 2004 10:26 AM

Sounds like the evil Selig has struck again! Darn him and his revenue sharing, six divisions, and wild card.

Posted by: Jason at June 23, 2004 05:28 PM