Around the league

Have you ever seen Adrian Beltre at the plate? Not only is he a good hitter he is quite the entertainer. He flips his bat off of homeplate and catches it by the handle. He also spins and poses like he is on Broadway. Im a really surprised some pitchers have not buzzed his tower especially when he does it on the road. I am still searching for video of these hilarious theatrics.

John Jaso was exposed the other day of having a mediocre arm, when the rangers stole 5 bases on him in one inning; Yes I said 5. In his career he has thrown out only 18 of 73 runners attempting to steal on him (20%). Now that is more mediocre than his arm.

Yesterday (June 5th) there was a 3 way tie for the NL wildcard; Marlins, Giants, Brewers. And the Braves were only 1/2 a game back so almost a 4 way tie. I know that its early to look at the wildcard, but I wanted to check on the competition.