The Weekly Frayed - ATNTMTM

[Frayed Knot]

-- I don�t want to say that Josh Hamilton is hot or anything but, coming into tonight�s game, he was 12 for his last 24 with 9 HRs.
He�s also got huge leads in all three triple crown categories. A 26 point lead in BA; an 18-11 (63%) lead over the next best in the AL in HRs; and a 41-29 lead (41%) in RBIs
He�s also out-homering the entire Padres team
Hadn't yet HR'd tonight last time I checked but there's still a few innings to go.


-- It's bad enough for the Angels that Pujols is sucking, but the guy they bumped to make room for him - Mark Trumbo, aka Last year's #2 RoY - is hitting .300 with six HRs to Albert�s one losing 50-some ABs over this. The move also slid him over to 3B (when not DH-ing) where he hurts the defense.


-- Not that it�s been the fault of these guys necessarily, but the Phils have lost Roy Halladay�s last five starts and all four that Cliff Lee has started this year.
Bet they weren�t figuring on that.


-- You know how some fans & writers see a small sample (like say a season�s worth) of improved performance and automatically declare it to be �proof� of steroid use (particularly when it involves a player at an advanced age)?
Well I wonder where that crowd stands on Jeter?
mid-2010 thru mid-2011: 587 ABs w/34 XBHs; .267 BA; .348 Slg
mid-2011 thru May-2012: 394 ABs w/31 XBHs; .348 BA; .470 Slg
I�m just sayin�.


-- Just my opinion, but the highlight performance during the recent RnR HoF inductions was Sara Bareilles�s version of Laura Nyro�s �Stoney End� - and I had never heard of her before that.


-- Division records coming into Sunday
AL East = +20 (20 games above .500 cumulatively)
AL Cent = -23
AL West = +3

NL East = +19
NL Cent = -9
NL West = -10









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[ashie62]

Josh Hamilton is piss tested three times a week, right?

Journeyman Edwin Encarnacion is arguably the second best AL bat while toiling in Toronto.

Piss test him also..