Thursday, April 23, 2009
Halftime
As halftime approaches, and the Celtics closing in on a 20-point lead, it's time for a couple of random baseball thoughts.
The Cincinnati Reds are on a nice little run right now. They caught my eye a smidgen in the preseason as a young team with some very interesting players: Volquez, Votto, Bruce. They were an outfielder's error away from the 2nd straight shutout of the Cubs in Wrigley Field this afternoon. The Reds' 7-1 victory today followed up a 3-0 blanking of the Cubbies on Wednesday and pushed their record to 9-6.
Aaron Harang picked up his second victory of the season and dropped his ERA to an even-2 with low-K gem: 7/7/1/0/1/2. He outdueled Carlos Zambrano in a game that allowed Cincy to take 2 of 3 at Wrigley and finish a 10-game road trip 7-3.
The N.L. Central looks pretty much like the other five divisions, in terms of the win distribution from top to bottom: 11 (Cards) - 9 (Cincy) - 9 (Pittsburgh) - 8 (Cubs) - 6 (Astros) - 6 (Milwaukee)
That's almost identical to the A.L. East and West and N.L. West.
Halftime: Celtics 59, Bulls 37
As halftime approaches, and the Celtics closing in on a 20-point lead, it's time for a couple of random baseball thoughts.
The Cincinnati Reds are on a nice little run right now. They caught my eye a smidgen in the preseason as a young team with some very interesting players: Volquez, Votto, Bruce. They were an outfielder's error away from the 2nd straight shutout of the Cubs in Wrigley Field this afternoon. The Reds' 7-1 victory today followed up a 3-0 blanking of the Cubbies on Wednesday and pushed their record to 9-6.
Aaron Harang picked up his second victory of the season and dropped his ERA to an even-2 with low-K gem: 7/7/1/0/1/2. He outdueled Carlos Zambrano in a game that allowed Cincy to take 2 of 3 at Wrigley and finish a 10-game road trip 7-3.
The N.L. Central looks pretty much like the other five divisions, in terms of the win distribution from top to bottom: 11 (Cards) - 9 (Cincy) - 9 (Pittsburgh) - 8 (Cubs) - 6 (Astros) - 6 (Milwaukee)
That's almost identical to the A.L. East and West and N.L. West.
Halftime: Celtics 59, Bulls 37
