Yankees AND Nat's Win

Can it be? Did both the Yankees and the Nationals win on the same day? I must be dreaming.

Yankees 9 - Chi-Sox 6

It is well known that both Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon read this blog. How do I know that you ask? Well just a few days ago I wrote that they both needed to improve their offensive production and voila, they each hit a home run last night. I take full credit. The big story of the day though (ok Abreu's grand slam is the big story of the day) is that Wang got his 50th win in only his 85th career start. That puts him at 4-0 on the season so far and yet he still seems to be continuously overlooked by the analysts.

In injury related news A-Rod is not expected to rejoin the team until tomorrow, although with the birth of his daughter due any day now it could be another week before we see him back on the corner. Speaking of A-Rod, there has been a lot of worry about his hamstring injury. In my opinion I don't think that it will turn out to be a big deal. It seems like something similar to this happens to A-Rod at least once a year but it never turns out to be anything more than fatigue. Keep in mind those are a 300 million dollar set of legs, he needs to make sure those things are in top working condition.

Nationals 6 - Atlanta 0

I still can't believe my eyes. Not only did the Nat's win, they shut out the Braves. Lannan even lasted 7 innings which is almost unprecedented for a Washington pitcher this year. Here's hoping this is the start of a big comeback.

The Nationals are becoming quite the storied franchise. Unfortunately it isn't because of their own achievements. We all remember that it was Nat's pitcher Mike Bacsik who gave up home run number 756* to Barry Bonds, well last night thanks to Felipe Lopez another milestone was reached as John Smoltz earned his 3,000th strike out.

Other News From Around the League

Josh Beckett was sidelined last night with stiff neck. Don't get too excited though, reportedly a good number of red sox players, including Beckett, have had the flu in the past couple of days. Chances are the stiffness is attributable to nothing more than that. In fact Varitek is expected to miss another game because of the bug.

The A's may be interested in Frank Thomas. In my opinion the A's would have nothing to lose considering that the Blue Jays are still obligated to pay his salary for the year. Sure there are some younger players who could stand to lose some at bats if Thomas is picked up, but they could also use some power against left handed hitting. That is of course if Frank can turn his season around. Most importantly in my opinion though, Frank could end his career his way.