well let's see how they do out on the upcoming west coast trip

they have better starting pitching than the yankees or red sox and that is the main reason they are in 1st place and will be there until the end

starting pitching cures a lot of warts elsewhere

They can also score runs. Did you see that at bat from Longoria last night?

nope

but their pitching is the key timmy

He got up and hit 2 straight pitches way out of the park but they were both foul balls, both five to ten feet left of the foul pole in left field. Then he hit a
3rd pitch and it was fair and even farther than the previous two.

no question you need runs timmy and it was a great ab bat

but where ar they without shields, kazmir , etc???

Kazmir has been average at best since the break, and they are still winning... Shields has been the stand out, with Garza a close second...If Edwin Jackson ever got an ounce of run support he'd be right up there as well. Sonnenstein has been the 5th starter and he'd be 2nd or 3r any any other team right now...The bats have awaken, and the bull pen is stout. They've got a soft schedule for the next few weeks and then 4 brutal series' with NY and BOS in Sept. Should be interesting, I've been to about 10 games this year and can honestly say the confidence this team plays with each day is impressive. 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th today to take the series from Cleveland which has been kryptonite to them.

Good luck, you will need it guys - Joba headed to the DL:

http://sports.excite.com/news/08062008/v1575.html

Gales
Have you looked at the Yankees pitching situation? They have a 7th inning guy that just came off the 60 day DL and isnt that good anyway, no set up guy, marte is hardly more than competent as a lefty and Rivera has had back spasms despite only having thrown 40 innings. Yeah I'll take Okajima, Lopez, Aardsma, Masterson and Pappelbon over Marte, Veras , Ramirez and Rivera.

My slider is absolutely NASTY:tro:

chuck what did they do agsainst the angels and yankees so far after the break 1-8?? couldn't hold any leads

they head to chicago this weekend lets see what they do there

Baseball is 162 games. 9 games is hardly more than a blip. Neither team will catch Tampa if they start hitting...