One of the great things about this season for me is that I'm both a Red Sox and Dodgers fan. Besides being able to watch baseball for 6 hours straight some nights thanks to MLB Extra Innings and time zones, I get to watch some of my old favorites playing top notch baseball out west. It's got that whole Field of Dreams feeling to it. I can't think of any other way to explain it. Guys who I never thought I get to see on the same field again, or any field in the case of Nomar, have all been collected by my "away" team.

Although,
Bill Mueller will be out for a while, Nomar and Derek Lowe are tearing it up. Not to sound like a broken record, but if Nomar can stay healthy he's on track to be this year's Griffey. He's hitting .346 with 5 home runs after missing the first few weeks of the season. He's also picking up first base quickly and is hitting in the clutch. Just incase that wasn't enough, the following was written in the Boston Globe today:

' One of Garciaparra's ex-teammates in Boston said the Dodgers and Yankees made the same offer, but Garciaparra chose LA because, ''He always considers himself a Red Sox. That's one thing people don't understand about Nomar. He would have never signed with the Yankees because he always thought of himself as a Red Sox player." '

As a Boston fan, how could you not love that. He was loved here in Boston and always will be. You think Johnny Damon still reads the Globe? Better send him a copy just incase.

Derek Lowe is also having a great year and will be remembered in Boston for his production in the playoffs in '03 and '04. I still enjoy watching the sinker ball baffle hitters who think they have it figured out, and outfielders behind him wearing gloves for no reason but fashion. All he needs is some run support to go along with his sub-3.00 ERA and I'll be happy.

I think I need to take a trip out to LA this summer.