Not been a good series against the Rays for us (again)
Waaaay too many injuries in our roster right now and only really Lester firing in pitching.

4.5 games out of 1st and 2.5 out of 2nd isn't too bad.

Next up a series against the Jays

I hope you all voted Votto

Tough break last night as we dropped the first in extra innings at the Phillies. Three more to go. .500 off this road trip will do me. Talk of the Reds trading for Cliff Lee. Not sure who we'd let go in exchange but at $8m he's cheaper than Harang and Arroyo although Arroyo is excellent. With Volquez and Bailey to come back we might be strong in the second half if we can avoid injuries to our best position players.

Looks like Lee will be a Yankee - possibly by the end of the day. He's supposed to be pitching for the Mariners against the Yankees tonight. Funny how these things work out.

I think more Canadians voted Votto this year than they did for Lind last year. Canadians are strange like that. We've been playing the Twins this week and had Morneau on Canadian TV asking us all to vote Votto!

Blown three sitters against the Phillies this weekend. All three dropped in extra innings after notching up nine in a row in extra on the road. Threw away a huge lead in the bottom of the ninth on Friday and rookie Travis Wood (in his third start) carried a perfect game into the ninth against Halliday and we still ended up losing in extra innings. Need to take today's final game to avoid a four game sweep.

The Blue Jays are officially the Red Sox rally team. Guaranteed to bust that losing streak.

Fortunately for me, I chose to go to the Saturday game and saw the only Jays victory of the series.

So the Rangers snatch Lee from the clutches of the Yankees, at least until the end of the season.

Wondering if the Jays will trade one of their over achievers. Favourites to be traded are Bautista, Buck, Downs and I've heard whispers about Marcum. Hope we don't trade Marcum, he's become somewhat of a leader for the young Jays starting rotation. That said, if we can get a good 3B then I'm happy to trade whomever.

One last thing. How on earth does the MLB home run leader not get an invite to the HR derby? It's fooking ridiculous. Jose BOMBtista will be sat on his backside watching a bunch of guys he's outhit all year perform in the Derby. The mind boggles.

The all star break has come at the wrong time for the White Sox,just as we get into 1st place we have a 3 days off.

As for Bautista it's purely down to the team he plays for,if he was a Yankee or a Red Sox he'd probably be in the starting line up.

He has a .237 average lol. It's no good him participating if he's only going to hit a couple of balls during the derby

Anyway. Come on the National League! Make it easier for the Reds

Sad news coming in that George Steinbrenner has passed away this morning (heart attack). He'd just turned 80 (July 4th). However you feel about the evil empire, it's a sad day for baseball.

RIP The Boss