Things are bad enough already. Keep in mind that just 10 days ago Minnesota was in first place in the AL Central. Now, it’s in third place, 3.5 games back of the super hot White Sox, who are a half game up on Detroit. Hell, even Kansas City, playing better of late, has pulled within seven games of the Twins, as inconceivable as it seems that the Royals could overtake Minny.

Baltimore was actually winning a few games before this most recent downward spiral, so have actually pulled within 15.5 games of the Blue Jays. Hey, I’m trying to be nice here.

Having said that, after a simply pathetic May, Rodriguez looked to be smarting up with quality outings in his first two June starts. Then, he tossed another pair of serious stinkers before his solid start Thursday. The fact that it came against an offense like San Francisco’s, that’s been middling at best, doesn’t exactly swell me with confidence that Rodriguez is out of the woods. I mean, come on. His walks are way up, his strikeouts are way down and his hit rate has soared. There’s just not much to hang your hat on as far as being a hopeful Rodriguez owner goes. The fact that he’s generally been a worse second half pitcher paints an even grimmer picture.

If it wasn’t common knowledge he was hurt, wouldn’t someone have picked him up? I smell something stinky here. Anyone know more about this situation?

Better yet, he hasn’t really sacrificed any power to achieve this. God damn, I hate the Yankees…as if they needed another .300 hitter. Last night, they continued to feast on the Orioles, beating Baltimore for a tenth straight time to move three games ahead of the Red Sox.

Theriot’s little extra-base pop surge last year was apparently an anomaly, but you combine his runs, steals, BA plus the fact that he’ll soon qualify at both SS and 2B, and he’s a must-own commodity now.

If Doug Glanville was as good at making contact as he is at writing, he’d be in Cooperstown. So? How was your Opening Day? It’s baseball fans’ version of Christmas morning, the day everyone wakes up in the morning tied for first place in our respective fantasy leagues, dreaming of a season worth of possibilities.