Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 08, 2004
Games of the Day

Tampa Bay has an excellent chance to prove that they are for real this weekend as they open a four game series with the New York Yankees. They've climbed into the wild card race, but winning a series against the Yankees would show that they are serious contenders. They'll send Victor Zambrano to the mound against Jose Contreras tonight. This will be Zambrano's fourth start against the Yankees this year; he's 3-0, despite walking 11 in 17 1/3 innings and allowing 3 HR. Contreras has had one good start and one bad start since his family escaped from Cuba.

The Red Sox go for a wild card tie tonight against the Oakland A's. Schilling will attempt to bring the Sox even. He's been everything the Sox had hoped; striking out batters, not walking many, not giving up HR. Rich Harden, the Oakland starter, can match Schilling in K's and HR, but he's walked 42 in 86 2/3 innings. That's deadly against a team like the Red Sox. Look for Jim Storer at the game and if you see him, ask to hear his Joe Lieberman impersonation. :-)

Enjoy!


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