The Red Sox again destroyed the Yankees today defeating Clemens 10-2. The two straight laughers brought the Red Sox to within two games of the leader. Trot Nixon always wails on Clemens and hit another homer off him today. The Yankees will need to win tomorrow's game to keep the Red Sox from making a big statement at this point of the year. Those Red Sox sure can hit and it was really important for Mendoza to have a good outing today for the Sox.

Roberto Alomar has started strong for the White Sox hitting .364 in his first few games. The White Sox lost a big game last night though when the Devil Rays' Crawford hit a walk off three-run homer. Crawford only has two homers this year and both of them were of the walk off variety. At last look, the Sox were down to the same Devil Rays 1-0 in the fifth inning. Amazingly, the Royals are still leading that division by two games.

The hottest team in the last ten games in the Phillies but they had a big loss last night. Pat Burrell is now below the Mendoza Line. Ack!

Sammy Sosa is getting hot now for the Cubs as they defeated the Cardinals today. He has thirteen homers now and over forty RBI which is amazing considering how many games he has missed. The race in the NL Central is fantastic as three teams keep taking turns at the top. It's going to be a fun summer in the midwest!

The amazing thing about the NL West is that no team in that division has a record over .500 in the last ten games. None of the teams can really make a statement and pull ahead.

In the NL West, the Giants have answered the Diamondbacks and both have identical 7-3 records in the last ten games. Bonds is starting to pile up the homers again and remains the most amazing hitter in the world. The Dodgers finally snapped their losing streak today but if they don't get some hitting soon, it will be a two team race.

Four more days in sunny Florida and the Fan will have to go home to Maine. (sigh) I'll miss paradise...