One Week In....

One week already into the baseball season and basically everyone except the Nationals are in it. Kudos go out to the Orioles who are playing good baseball right now. Their lineup is quite formidable although it's not enough to beat the Rays or Red Sox. Any team with Mark Hendrickson and/or Adam Eaton in their rotation won't survive.

Notice I didn't put the Yankees up there. I'm just not convinced right now. They have a lot of holes and older players who i'm not convinced will make it the whole season. Mark Teixeira already is out with a wrist injury. Jorge Posada's knees are already an issue. This team will go as far as CC, AJ, Joba and Chien Ming Wang can take them. Also, they need a quick return by A-Rod because this lineup isn't as formidable as the older bronx bomber days.

In the NL, my Marlins are lookin good early. They will be a factor so fans of other NL East teams need to realize that. They have the best rotation in the division and if they can field even a little bit, they will be there in the end. The Phillies and Mets started slow but we know they will be there in the end. Atlanta (as i predicted on the show) will be there too. Their lineup is fierce from Chipper to McCann to Schafer who has been a godsend in CF. Heck, if Francoeur can put something together, they may surpass Philly as the best lineup in the NL East. Washington will get better. They have shown they can hit the ball, they just havent done it when it mattered yet. One hit here and there and this team has 2 or 3 wins.

As an aside, it's stanley cup playoff time. For those of you who stopped reading my blog post at the word Stanley, I urge you to sit and watch one game, one period and tell me that you don't find it exciting. Heck, we'll welcome you even if you are a bandwagon jumper to watching NHL hockey. The whole Washington Capital fanbase are bandwagon jumpers. They didn't know that city had a hockey team until they made the playoffs. I'm goin San Jose-New Jersey in the Stanley cup finals with the Sharks taking it all.

Oh yeah, NBA playoffs start next week..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz