The Red Sox finished up their last interleague series by dropping a set to the Astros. Their magic number is now 76 - to clinch the Wild Card over the Twins. Yes, the Rays - the team no one took seriously - is in first place at the midway point. I never wrote them off. They won't choke like the Yankees, but I'm confident my guys will pull away with the division at some point.
In today's 3-2 loss, Josh Beckett pitched OK. I won't mention who allowed an inherited runner to score the decisive run. Did I mention I dropped Hideki Okajima from my fantasy team tonight? On a bright note, Dustin Pedroia has taken over for J.D. Drew as the hottest bat in the Sox lineup, hitting .484 since the Sox crossed leagues on June 13. The Sox finished their interleague schedule 11-7.
The Phillies, meanwhile, finished 4-11 against the American League. There will be no sweet sorrow for the Phils leaving Texas, where they lost tonight 5-1, dropping the series to the Rangers. Typical Jamie Moyer gave up three runs, but untypically he couldn't get out of the 6th. The vaunted Phillies hitters are MIA again - they can't wipe their asses with a tent pole, to paraphrase Charlie Manuel.
Finally, how has there not been more mention of the fact that Jamie Moyer was in the Mitch Williams-Rafael Palmeiro trade between the Cubs and Rangers in 1988? When that deal was made, who would have thought that the last man standing wouldn't be the 23-year-old lefty flame thrower, nor the 23-year-old All-Star outfielder, but the crafty 25-year-old lefty?
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