the Orioles in last place (and other updates)

but they are doing pretty good.

The Orioles are sitting at 54 - 59, and are in last place in the AL east. This team is supposed to be rebuilding, so they weren't fore casted to do nearly this well. Sure, they have been horrible over the last decade, but there was a lot of hype about the owner finally getting around to rebuilding the team. The roster was completely stripped down so that they could build from scratch. This team was meant to be the sacrificial lamb for the 2008 season.

Well, this lamb has been biting the ankles of baseballs elite all season, and they have stayed near the .500 mark in the win loss column. Sure, they're in last place, but they are not the worst in the league. They are a full 10 games ahead of the Washington Nationals and nine games out from the Seattle. Last year they went 69 and 73. They need only 15 wins to match that, and they have a little under 50 games to go. If they can win half of those games, The O's could get to near 80 games which would be fantastic.

What i don't get, is how a team like Tampa bay, which has been in last place for the several seasons, is all of the sudden in FIRST place. 68 and 46 and 3 games up on Boston. They didn't undergo years of painful rebuilding, and getting excited about the prospect of being "barely below .500" at this point of the season. What did they do? Why can't the O's do it?

Well at least the O's have given me some cheering room this year. That's my sports blog for now.

OTHER UPDATES
Originaly, my next blog was going to be a review of Batman, but plans to see it have routinley fallen through over the last couple of weeks. Hopefully next week I'll get that review up. Also coming up will be a review of watermelon festival!