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Mid-April Assessment

Mid-April Assessment

Week Two of the 2010 MLB Season is over and done with.

What are the biggest surprises thus far? Here’s my list:

1. The haplessness of the Boston Red Sox. Admittedly, they have faced three quality teams to open the season (New York, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay), but a combined 2-7 against those teams suggests …

Pudge Is Old School

Ivan Rodriguez caught his 2,227th major league game Wednesday night, passing legendary backstop and all-around ornery bastard Carlton Fisk, to become to all-time leading catcher in games started behind the plate.

And he did so against the team who raised him.