- Cincinnati’s Adam Dunn has 17 homers and 16 singles entering the weekend.
- Can it get any worse for the Kansas City Royals? They’re the first team in more than 100 years to have two double-digit losing streaks before their 44th game. They’re the first team in more than 50 years to be 22 games out of first this early in the season.
- I guess it can get worse; Jason Kendall hit his first home run in 962 at-bats Wednesday against, you guessed it, the Royals.
- Miguel Cabrera is either first or among the top five National League hitters in batting average, RBI, hits, doubles, multi-hit games, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. But he is not among the top five vote-getters for National League third basemen in the first round of balloting for the All-Star Game.
- Vernon Wells has eight home runs in 10 games versus Boston this year.
- Paul Lo Duca hits .722 on Memorial Day for his career.
- I know baseball players are probably the dumbest of all athletes, but seriously, will someone please explain to these guys that sliding into first base is a slower, and not in fact faster, way of reaching base.
- Every team deals with injuries and slumps throughout the season, but the Oakland A’s are in a class by themselves so far. I could literally make a “buy low” list using their squad exclusively. Before going down with a broken thumb, Mark Ellis was hitting .226, which looked positively All-Star like to Dan Johnson, who sits at .199. The Big Hurt is at .229, and ESPN MVP favorite Bobby Crosby is batting .255. Not one hitter on their entire roster is above .300, and they are hitting a collective .246 as a team. Harden, Ellis, Bradley, Loaiza, Duchscherer and Kennedy all currently sit on the DL. The A’s are notorious slow starters, but this is getting ridiculous. With all that said, I still see them taking the AL West and going deep into the playoffs.
- The Mavs are 24-0 this year when Josh Howard scores 20 or more points.
- What is wrong with the Pistons? They could still turn it all around with a game six win tonight, but they currently look nothing like the team that won 64 games in the regular season. Their defense just isn’t getting it done. The Mavs look like the current favorites to take home the title to me.
- Eric Musselman is a fantastic hire by the Sacramento Kings.
- Rented “Deadwood” season one last week. With TV options at a minimum come summer time, and if you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend you do the same.
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