So Tiger did not win the masters and the Mets do not have the best record in baseball, this is why this site is designed simply for me to talk big like I have a clue, but in actualiy I do not know anymore than you. I just use the cyberspace to admit I love writing and talking sports at any time of day and hope you all do too.

Something I noticed while watching the Red Sox vs. Rangers game. Jason Varitek's bat speed travels slower than most senior citizens in their buick's, yet he must be in the lineup every game except wakefield's start for what he does behind the plate. When papelbon came into the game, Tek would stare at the batters face and simultaneoulsy put fingers down to indicate what pitch he wanted paps to throw. He was in essence reading the reaction of the hitter's face and deciding which pitch he felt the batter would least likely presume was on the way, and 15 pitches and five outs later the Red Sox had escaped a bases loaded no outs jam created by future AAA bench warmer Joel Pineiro.

Top 3 NL Teams:

1. Atlanta Braves- I cannot put the Mets over the Braves when the dirty dirty took 2-3 from the queens kids, yet ask most people around the game and they will tell you the Mets scare them more than Atlanta. The braves though, can be the second best team in the division if they get good pitching from Smoltz, Hudson, James, redman and Davies which is not unlikely. Soriano is a gem out of the pen, and Seattle looks dumber and dumber each day for giving him away for another future AAA bench warmer horacio ramirez. Andruw is going to hit in a contract year, McCann is the real deal, Francouer has never seen a pitch he does not like, but he seems to find more and more clutch hits than I can remember. He had 7 rbis in the 7th inning or later in games last season tying him for the most in the National League.

2. New York Mets- They should be number one if Willie had let El Duque go one more inning instead of pinch hitting him in the sixth for Julio Franco. Reyes is electric, Loduca has been lightning hot and the mets defense and pitching has been the biggest key to their early success which is scary when you consider how good their offense is.

3. San Diego Padres- They have taken 2-3 from division foes Colorado and San Francisco and have a top 3 staff of Peavy, Young and Maddux which features two potential cy youngs and a veteran pitcher who has over 300 career wins. They also have a solid core of hitters and a bullpen with scott linebrink, cla meredith and Trevor Hoffman


Top 3 AL Teams:


1. LA Angels- I was opposed to all the "trendy" LAA OVER LAD world series picks by many of the nation's best baseball writers yet one half of that equation has held up its end of the bargain. My AL MVP Vladimir Guerrero has been hitting the cover off the ball, Howie and Gary have gotten the job done at the top of the order and garett anderson and the prospects have filled in to create what could become the most potent team in the league. Combined with two dominant righties in Lackey and Santana, and Jered Weaver coming back and this team with K-rod and Shields in the Pen could be going back to the W.S. for the first time since 2002

2. Minnesota- My team pegged for less than 75 teams has found away to stay afloat even with just one very very competent starting pitcher a very god closer and two very good bats. Boof Bonser, Ramon Ortiz and Calros Silva handed in their first start with no one allowing more than three earned runs. How long will this last, not very long.

3. Boston Red Sox- Yes they are only .500 and I might be picking the Tigers, Indians or Mariners if it were not for snow outs or rain outs but the fact remains this team has three SP who could conceivably win twenty games and are going to get mike timlin and jon lester back off the DL in the next month. Ortiz regained his power stroke, Manny will come together and I will say it now and say it often, Jon Papelbon looks absolutely unhittable in the final inning (8th tonight as well) after his latest 15 pitch five out performance makes the term unhittable a criticism when using it to describe Paps. His Fastball was hitting 97 and hitters had no ide whether it was going to be the fastball painting the corners or the Splitter going 89 that looks like a replica fastball only it sinks like a guided missile right before it gets to the plate. It made Mike Young, Mark Teixeira, Hank Blalock and Brad Wilkerson look like the nerdy kid with glasses and curly hair who bats last on your little league team.

Have a good day and Happy belated Easter to all. Hockey playoffs coming up this week as well as Dice-k mania on wednesday. Stay tuned, subscribe and comment on the blog as well please. I would love to hear your voice.