It’s Baseball's All-Star Time

Photos:
Taken in Wethersfield on Sunday, July 13th.
Left: Sycamore. There was an article recently in the paper about sycamores being stressed.
Right: Blue Hydrangeas.

Where do we stand?
Now that we are at the All Star break, it’s time to take stock of where everyone stands—the leaders, anyway.

AL league leaders: the Boston Red Sox top the AL East ½ game ahead of Tampa Bay; the Chicago White Sox lead in the Central 1 ½ games ahead of Minnesota; and Los Angelis Angels at Anaheim (that’s much too long a name LA!) has the best percentage in the AL and leads the Western Division by 6 games over Oakland. LA has the best overall average in the American League and is running away with the Western Division

National League leaders are Philly in the East ½ game ahead of the Mets; Chicago in the Central 4 ½ games ahead of St. Louis; and Arizona 1 game ahead of the Dodgers in the West.

Wouldn’t it be fun to have the two Chicago teams duke it out in the World Series?

I won’t make any long-term predictions, but I’m certainly enjoying this year’s baseball with the Yankees, the highest paid under-achievers, struggling; Tampa Bay surprising everyone by acting like a legitimate contender; and Chicago and LA are the teams to watch.

I’m not much of a National League person, but I pay a little bit of attention to see who might win the NL Pennant.

The Red Sox are fun to watch this year. They have some of their best players on the DL but they are still scrapping. And the Yankees? No comment.

I never watch the All Star Game, so it looks like a lot of Weather Channel and Discover Channel.