the other thing won t be making the trip to new york. the schedule change this year, you play fewer games against your division foes than you used to, six fewer per team. that ll help the a.l. east stay with the records. yeah. there s only so many playoff spots. 3-16 against the jays last year. i mean, we re playing teams from other divisions. you have to be happy, though. what a pleasant surprise the sox have been. everybody is happy but mike barnicle. he s a grump. he says how horrible it is. you happy, mike? no, they re not hitting the cut-off. he s managing expectations. i think he is worried it might go well, which is an odd feeling for red sox fans. i think he is more for are i worried that haim bloom may have put together a good team. nobody in red sox nation wants to admit that. it is a fascinating team. i should say, though, remember, you mentioned the oakland a s. blue. as a kid, i loved how you turned
differential. they score more than they gave up. the rays. how about the orioles? so exciting. the jays are hot, sox are hot. it s tough. look at this division. yeah. we usually have no excuse for just showing the a.l. east. this year is different. the red sox, at least before their loss against the phillies a couple days ago, the red sox would have been in first place in four of the six divisions. amazing. in baseball. those are five of the best eight teams in baseball. it s brutal. that s why the climb out of last place is going to be hard. nobody going to give up much at the top. six-run lead the other day over the rays, and they lost game. can t afford that. the oakland a s helped us get better last night. by the way, watch their announcer. holy cow. we don t play what we said on the air. oh, did you miss that? tell me off the air. a s announcer has been suspended for something he said. no, no. he s not coming back.
his debut yesterday in detroit. he had a shaky start. he gave up back-to-back home runs in the first, but then he settled down and pitched pretty well. he got zero run support for the mets who have stopped hitting. the tigers compete a three game sweep. to boston now, the red sox notched another win completing a four-game sweep of it toronto blue jays last night. they only beat the blue jays last year and the sox jump over the jays for now into third place in the al east five games over 500. meanwhile, the deaths of four horses at churchill downs in the week leading up to tomorrow it was kentucky derby has cast a real shadow. the causes of two of the fatalities remain a mystery with the trainer of those two horses now suspended. in a statement the head of churchill downs said, quote,