win tOtals

Wayward O did not come here to say all is crabcakes and lemonade in Land of Pleasant Living today. But there is a real statistical silver lining to team's achievements from 2008 lost seasOn.

No idea whether others have performed similar analysis, but here are baseball's divisions ranked in order of "average wins per team."

Average Wins Per Team By Division
1. AL East: 87
2. NL Central: 83.333333..
3. AL Central: 81.4
4. NL East: 79.2
5. AL West: 78.75
6. NL West: 75

This is clear indicator that anecdotes suggesting AL East is baseball's toughest division are true by long shot.

And here are your win totals for basement dwellers.

Basement Teams' Rank:
1. Detroit (74 wins)
2. Team (68 wins)
3. Pittsburgh (67 wins)
4. San Diego (63 wins)
5. Seattle (61 wins)
6. Washington (59 wins)

So of all six "last place" teams, Team -- largely devoid of free agent talent -- was 2nd in wins while playing in division where wins far and away are hardest to come by.

Wayward O isn't sure how this bodes for team but he is sure it bodes well for Daniel Cabrera. He thinks it bodes well for Team, too.

It's 11 degrees in New Yawk. Have nice hot stove day.

this is why gOd made the dh

dear yankess,


You know you want him!
Signed,
Wayward O

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just a couple four thingers this morning.

• good story in washpo about trade aspirations -- mlb teams no longer look to Os as dopey trade deadline palookas. Os have nice core and will ask for real value
• aubrey huff is golden deity, tied with alex r. in home runs but aub. had game-winner last nite and a-rod had a boo boo on his arm
• the ascension of daniel "big bird gotham" cabrera is reawakening like the c'thulu ... FACE THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE!
• kevin millar is wayward o's daddy
• robinson cano is a surly jerk who strikes out in big spots
• the tex trade makes it 6.3% LESS LIKELY he'll ever come to baltimore. current odds of team signing local boy stand at 12.45%. O's will offer carlos lee money; someone else will offer slightly less than a-rod money. in maryland we teach our kids to not give away $50 million just you know because maryland is so nice ... or do we? time will tell

dennis sarfate gets ball at 1 p.m. in da bronnix today. is sweep too much to ask? probably...

the ascensiOn finds the rails again

it kind of feels like early july -- you know, when things kind of hit the flat highway and teams' true natures become a reliable fact -- but trust wayward o many things are happening in world of baseball.

for example, many players in recent games have leapt in the air in attempts to catch fly balls, with varying degrees of art and success. here are three examples:

LEAP No. 1

Joey Gathright goes wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up,
saves home run but Young Savior still gets ribby triple.
LEAP No. 2

Balt. Sun Photo
This photo is a tad misleading.
Aubrey is actually flying downward from upper deck and lighting upon the infield with grace of sparrow.

LEAP No. 3

In this triple-action still, a feral Brionius Robertsinous is seen in wild leaping twenty feet in air to snare prey.
in addition to these leaps, which you may critique in designated comments area below, the ascensiOn of BIG BIRD came back with fury last night after a june hiatus. who would begrudge a man a few weeks off in june? daniel's complete game gem was rewarded by VERY EMO MANANGER with BEAR HUG and that's what makes baseball world go around not BIG FREE AGENT CONTRACTS.


Another awesome photo from awesome Balt. Sun!
this is not to be confused with this photo, which wayward o cannot study enough ....


The beady eyes, the slack jaw...
a portrait of the greek ideal of dumbness. not just a dumb act. not just a dim wit. not just a failure to learn. but an all-encompassing, all-consuming gravitational forcefield of dumb from which no man can look away. avert your eyes, children!

fire, brimstOne and grilled meats!

team is religious!!! did you see young savior's cross glint in baltimore twilight after he took second on AROD's ERRANT THROW?

wayward O is ON BOARD!!!

were SEVEN SINGLES a SIGN? what about SEVEN RUNS?

YOU TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!

WHO WILL STAND BEFORE BIG BIRD'S MIGHTY FASTBALL AND PROFESS TO WIELD BASEBALL BAT??


Sun Photo

NOT THIS GUY...


NY Post Photo

SMITED. SMITTEN? smOte!

are we FINALLY WITNESSING ........

the
ascensiOn
???

WHAT DANIEL HATH WROUGHT LET NO YANKEE PUT ASUNDER!