double digit deficit

[___ Eats It]

there is quite a difference in payroll between redsox and giants

About the same difference as there is between San Fran and San Diego, and the Padres are owning you right now.

[Velcro]

that sucks about Williams... i have loads of confidence in the team, but Timlin and Embree have been pitchign like they did early last year.  Hopefully they kick it into high gear in the playoffs this year as they were stellar in the playoffs last year.

[KnightsRule]

Cleveland has the 29th highest payroll and they are 1 game behind SF in standings.  OAK, TEX, MINN are all 18th or lower in payroll.  STL has the 11th highest payroll and the best record in baseball.   Mets have 4th highest payroll and are not even .500.

[KnightsRule]

Scott Williamson [stats, news]'s trip to Birmingham, Ala., to have his elbow examined by renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews, was put off until today. The third opinion isn't expected to deter the veteran relief pitcher from undergoing his second Tommy John surgery tomorrow in Cincinnati. That procedure will be done by Reds medical director Dr. Tim Kremchek, who discovered a torn ulnar collateral ligament and torn flexor muscle when he conducted an MRI last week. . . .