53 games through the season...

which makes us about 1/3 done with the season.  Wow!  That sure went by fast.  So I guess it's a good thing that we're not in last place.  Our division should be really close all year I think.  Just like last year, but better.  I believe our whole division is over .500 at this moment.  Padrse are in the middle of the pack, hanging in there.  I think if they pick up one more good bat, they'll have a great chance in the end.  Although...they could just sit Cameron and Castilla, and play Blum/Bellhorn and EY instead.  And they should start Bard for 1/2 the games.  I'm really curious to see what Bard's average does after he's played more games.  He could end up our best catcher ever if he were to get more playing time.  I guess there's always next year for that too.  Thank you Mirabelli for being such a jerk and going back to where you came from.  We definitely got the better end of that deal.  Over all, I think the Loretta trade has worked out ok.  At first it was awful, but now that Doug is gone, it's really turned out to be a good deal.  I'm loving Barfield at 2nd. And finally we have a 1st baseman that can actually make plays that take away base hits.

Well, I just felt like blabbing about the season so far, since I'm bored at work.  And I'm putting a poll here asking who people think is our biggest surprise this season.  For me, it's a tossup between Clay & Bard, but then it's really hard to pick one guy because all the guys on the list have contributed greately to the teams success thus far.