Bailey And The Boys Enjoy First Place
The Red Sox spend their 51st day in first place today. Quite remarkable considering they never spent a single day in first place last season.But let's not go back there.
As they get ready to start a three game series with Texas here are a few other tidbits for the 35-23 Sox...
* the 12 games over .500 ties the most over .500 mark for the season
* they have never been more than 3 games out of first place all year
* The Sox longest winning streak is 7 games, longest losing streak is 3 games
* Sox are 17-12 at home, 18-11 on the road
EAST W L PCT GB
Boston 35 23 .603 -
New York 32 25 .561 2.5
Baltimore 32 25 .561 2.5
Tampa Bay 31 25 .554 3
Toronto 24 33 .421 10.5