Some Baseball Thoughts The Yanks have won six straight and are within one game of .500, now 9 1/2 back of the Red Sox...they're starting to look like the team they should be. A-Rod is having a ridiculous season: 24 homers and 63 RBIs, and it's barely June. The pitching is starting to pick up, and formerly slumping players like Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano are finally starting to hit.

Problem for the Yankees is, the Red Sox, despite their loss yesterday—the only thing Randy Johnson did well when he was with the Yankees was beat the Red Sox—are less likely to fold than the '78 Sox, who were hampered by a lack of bench strength and some dubious managing by Don Zimmer, as well as a critical injury to shortstop (and team firebrand) Rick Burleson. This year's team has more depth and better pitching. Then again, how would they be doing if they had endured the number of injuries the Yankees have?  ¶ 8:34 AM