- Neither Kevin Millar, John Olerud nor Kevin Youkilis are as good as Roberto Petagine (.336/.438/.685), and it’s a real shame that it appears Petagine will never play in Boston. I will never understand why the Sox signed him. What chance did he have to play, if not a scenario in which 1st Base would become a position of weakness and he would unmercifully torture AAA pitching for over 150 plate appearances?

- The Yankees dropped another game to the lowly Devil Rays last night. It was Tampa Bay’s 8th road win of the year and 4th road win in the Bronx. For those of you unable to process what that means, half of Tampa Bay’s road wins have come in Yankee Stadium. Well Larry Mahnken has had enough. He has made the case, not that it is a tough one to make, that Tony Womack is a significant source of the Yankees’ woes and he has organized a petition to have Womack removed from the lineup. Check it out, it’s funny in sort of a sad way. Just be sure you don’t actually sign it.

- The Red Sox are just a measly half-game out of first place. I think the Red Sox are better than the O’s today, but with or without Curt Schilling, I am not so sure they are better than the O’s with a healthy Erik Bedard and Javy Lopez. Lopez appears to be progressing nicely while Bedard remains a mystery.

- Scouring around a bit for a quality blog covering this weekend’s opponent, the Philadelphia Phillies, I have come up with this one, A Citizen’s Blog. I think I’ll add it to the sidebar. Go check it out!

Wakefield and Lieber tonight.