Interesting baseball weekend

[Gonzo]

D'backs first trip to Bosox and...

By Chuck Johnson USA TODAY

Forty years later, the San Francisco Giants finally meet up with the New York Yankees in the first meaningful game between the teams since the Yankees beat the Giants 1-0 in Game 7 of the 1962 World Series.

The three-game series at Yankee Stadium starts Friday and is one of the highlights of this season's first weekend of interleague play. Other matchups include the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park and an all-Missouri rivalry when the Kansas City Royals host the St. Louis Cardinals.

For the first time, clubs in the National League East face the American League Central, the NL Central plays against the AL West and the NL West squares off against the AL East.

 

[Huge]

Go Yanks!

Where's ratboy?

 

[Gonzo]

The NL West is off to a good start. AZ & Giants WIN games 1

 

[Huge]

AZ has won both games; Giants and Yanks have split so far. Rubber game today.

 

[Stop Laughing]

How the hell did the Cubs pull off 2 wins in Seattle?

 

[Huge]

Thanks AZ for sweeping Boston!

Now prepare for some revenge!

 

[Gonzo]

AZ vs the Yankees. Hmmm, how did this go again? Oh yea, Arizona Diamondbacks WORLD SERIES WINNER.

 

[Huge]

1 championship vs. 26 championships.

If anything, they just made us madder...hopefully after getting swept by AZ, Boston will finally (eventually?) go into their annual tailspin.

 

[Gonzo]

5 years vs infinity. It's impossible for AZ to have that kind of record in under a decade

 

[Professur]

So did anything interesting happen?

 

[HomeLAN]

The Braves will be happy to start the Red Sox slide for ya, Huge.

We just have to deal with these pesky Twins first. Those guys are a bitch to beat at home.

 

[Huge]

Do the Twins play the Expos in Interleague? Can you say contraction?

...I knew you could!

 

[Gonzo]

AZ is the first team from last years WS to win in the others homepark. 1/3 ain't bad.

 

[Stop Laughing]

The Twins are doing the same thing as last year, getting a surprising start and building a decent, but not overwhelming, lead over the pathetic AL Central, and they'll slide around the All-Star break. The Sox are trying to do everything possible to lose the division. They have a terrific lineup, but other than Buehrle they have almost no pitching, and they proved it today by letting .188 batting average Hundley go 3 for 4 with 2 HRs and 3 runs, haha. I think Cleveland will end up winning the division, regardless of cutting their payroll drastically from last year.

 

[Huge]

Clemens is pitching this afternoon at Shea; wear your combat helmets!