Weekend Fun: Wiiiiiiild Card

August 11th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

OK, folks. These wild card battles (especially in the NL) are shaping up quite nicely. We have some sexy, key matchups this weekend starting with the Tigers coming into Chicago to take on the White Sox. I’ll be at Saturday’s game. (Stop sucking it up Buehrle!) The Red Sox look to recover from their five-game skid tonight at home against the Orioles and the Twins are home against Toronto.

Over in the NL, The Wild Card leading Reds will take on the Phillies (who are currently 3 games back of Cincinnati in the WC standings) in Philadelphia. The Padres (0.5 game back of the Reds) and Astros (2.5 games back of the Reds) do battle tonight in Houston.

(Side note: The Reds are 3 games over .500 and are leading the NL Wild Card race. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are 3 games over .500 and are nine game back in the AL Wild Card chase. Just a point of reference, really.)

If you haven’t read this article on Alex Rodriguez or this one on Maurice Clarett, I would suggest you do so immediately.

You can also use this weekend to ponder what a Beckham-less England squad will look like.

E is heading back to Iowa today and I’ll be damned if I’m going to give that state anymore publicity than he’s cranked out over the past few weeks. (See here and here.)

Stay classy, and see you Monday.

(Oh, and the fine young man in that picture? Why it’s IU’s first basketball recruit for 2007, Brandon McGee. Eric Gordon, are you listening?)