Best Team in Baseball

[Guest AG/DC]

Your Baltimore Orioles.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Good for them!

I'm always in favor of successful teams in Baltimore, Boston, Toronto, and Tampa.

[metirish]

Christ , they're 6 - 1.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Six in a row too. They can't be stopped.

We beat them in spring training over and over.

[metirish]

It can't last with this roster , I hope I'm wrong.

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/team/roster_active.jsp?c_id=bal

[Guest AG/DC]

Luke Scott is batting .500, Aubrey Huff is slugging .667 and Steve Trachsel toes the rubber tonight after getting a win in his first game goign 5 2/3 and giving up two earnies.

Trachs was traded to Chicago last season for the stretch run, played terribly and rejoined the O's in the offseason. That's just so Baltimore.

[metsmarathon]

i wonder - do they say 'welcome a-trachsel' in chicago?

no, probably not.

[Frayed Knot]

Their pen is practically un-scored upon.

[metsmarathon]

i wonder what that must feel like

[TransMonk]

="AG/DC"]Your Baltimore Orioles.

I thought it was my Milwaukee Brewers.

[Frayed Knot]

On the subject of small samples skewing early results, not only are the Orioles still tops in the AL East (by 2-1/2 Games!!) but three other divisons are also being led by teams picked by many to be cellar dwellers: Marlins, Cardinals & Royals
- KC is 5-0 against Tigers & Yanx (one more vs NYY tonight) after they probably would have settled for 2-3 if offered the choice pre-season

Only the two west divisions are currently headed by logical choices: Arizona & Anaheim

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Royals look pretty darn good.

Joakim Soria, in addition to having one of the coolest names in MLB history, is unscored and unwalked upon currently, and has 4 saves already.