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Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has made his presence known as he has posted seven consecutive wins in his seven opening starts for the 2007 season.
Today he looks to continue the winning ways for his club as they take on the Baltimore Orioles with a 2:05 first pitch time. Beckett is not alone on this pitching staff, in having a good start as they still sit atop the AL East with an increasing lead on their followers.

One other pitcher across the league with the Los Angeles Dodgers has posted equally impressive numbers while going undefeated over the growing stretch of this young season. That being big Dodger hurler Brad Penny who impresses around the league enough to make a repeated all-star game appearance. He has posted an unbeaten 5-0 record in eight starts but what is even more impressive is that his ERA is more than one run lower than Beckett who has a 2.50 era if I remember correctly.

Surprising Brewers take first place in MLB, shocked?
Milwaukee is only one win ahead of the BoSox, but do they have staying power above the NL Central. As of now Boston and Milwaukee have similar standings in their respective divisions. They have big leads on second to last places as their followers do not even have a .500 record at the moment as they are running away with the division after 35+ games in ’07. The Brewers are 8-2 in their last ten games played so it doesn’t look like they are slowing down for anyone to make up any games early on. The same goes for the BoSox, as their bats are starting to catch up to their pitching in recent stints.

Frank Thomas edging closer to the 500 homerun club as he looks to propel the Blue Jays through their most recent slump, but even Thomas has seen his struggles as the Designated Hitter hitting under .250 with 5 HR and only one recently on may 12th in his last ten games, which hasn’t helped the Jays as he will not be legging out an infield single anytime soon.
The Baltimore Orioles hold second place with an 18-19 record going 6-4 in their last ten games. The Yankees have had numerous pitching injuries that seem to be developing the younger side of their pitching staff and adding the most highly paid player if he would have started the season back at spring training. Roger Clemens should post at least .500 numbers until the post-season and then turn it on for his hefty paycheck. NYY at 17-18 are seeing their pitching depth increase as they have no choice in throwing out the rookies until the veterans come off the DL.
Toronto has had a big slide since an over .500 start sliding to 6 games under now as they escape the bottom by one game. The D-Rays were hopeful for the upcoming year, but have quickly shown signs of still not having the pitching to help the team succeed and need to start beating divisional teams to have a chance to get the team ahead of fifth place.

Word out of 38 Pitches…
Curt Schilling is putting his perspective, his beefs out on display trying to give his opinions to anyone who is interested. So if people think that he should not be entering the world of people talking big, but being small then they should just not talk about it or give any credence to 38 Pitches and it will reluctantly fade into obscurity as Schillings career dwindles down. I am grateful for these type blogs as they get to answer and post the questions they want to talk about rather than hearing the same regurgitated answers and cliché ridden questions presented nightly.
His comments about the “Bloody Sock” are, well at least I find them to be honest and truthful and a non-issue especially as this did not recently happen. It has been drudged up from the past as a famously unnamed source has new information, come on people this is news?
Curt’s public apology to those it may concern was needed for some who felt his comments were a little out of left-field concerning Bonds himself and others in recent blog posts. So I urge you to, if interested read through 38 pitches and make or get to your own conclusions on things arising due to the blog and comments given from media personnel.

Written by Scott Penny