Standings as of 5/18/08

East	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent	West	Streak	L10
Florida Marlins	24	19	.558	--	13-11	11-8	12-5	9-8	2-4	Lost 1	5-5
New York Mets	22	19	.537	1.0	12-9	10-10	13-10	4-6	3-3	Won 2	6-4
Philadelphia Phillies	24	21	.533	1.0	13-11	11-10	5-7	9-6	9-6	Lost 2	4-6
Atlanta Braves	22	21	.512	2.0	16-5	6-16	9-12	5-5	6-3	Won 1	4-6
Washington Nationals	19	26	.422	6.0	10-11	9-15	12-17	6-7	0-0	Won 1	4-6
Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent	West	Streak	L10
Chicago Cubs	27	17	.614	--	19-8	8-9	4-4	16-11	7-2	Won 1	8-2
St. Louis Cardinals	26	20	.565	2.0	17-10	9-10	3-0	14-12	7-7	Won 2	4-6
Houston Astros	25	20	.556	2.5	11-6	14-14	5-4	8-6	11-8	Won 1	7-3
Pittsburgh Pirates	21	23	.477	6.0	12-8	9-15	10-11	7-10	4-2	Lost 1	6-4
Cincinnati Reds	21	23	.477	6.0	14-9	7-14	6-7	7-13	5-3	Won 6	8-2
Milwaukee Brewers	20	24	.455	7.0	11-9	9-15	4-7	12-12	4-2	Lost 5	4-6
West	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent	West	Streak	L10
Arizona Diamondbacks	28	16	.636	--	19-8	9-8	3-4	3-6	20-5	Won 1	6-4
Los Angeles Dodgers	22	21	.512	5.5	11-9	11-12	5-4	5-6	11-9	Lost 1	3-7
Colorado Rockies	17	27	.386	11.0	9-11	8-16	3-2	6-6	6-18	Won 2	4-6
San Francisco Giants	17	28	.378	11.5	11-15	6-13	3-3	6-14	8-8	Lost 5	3-7
San Diego Padres	16	29	.356	12.5	8-10	8-19	2-7	4-6	9-14	Lost 2	4-6

Not much has changed! In the east, the Mets and Phillies have gained two games on the Marlins in the last week. The first place team in all three divisions haven't changed. Except, last week, the Cardinals were tied with the Cubs. This week, they've dropped two games back. And yes, the Padres are still the worst team in the National (and American) League. But don't look now ... but they might have a chance of moving up a slot among the thirty teams. The Detroit Tigers are 17 - 28, and the Mariners are 18 - 27. What happened? Weren't the Padres supposed to be part of the running for the National League West? They've got Peavy, Maddux, Young... compared to our Penny, Lowe, Billingsley. And right now ... our pitchers are staying afloat mainly because of our terrific bullpen. Our offense needs to get going and stay going. No more of this inconsistency stuff, where they score a ton of runs one day and none the next three days. I'm hoping that since they lost today, that they'll win tomorrow. Of the five games I've been to this year, two of the wins have come after they won the day before, one with a loss before, and the two losses I've gone to ... one followed a loss and the other followed a win. Actually ... the last time I went to a game and they lost ... it was when Billingsley got like a dozen strike outs and they Dodgers started a eight-game winning streak the next day. Let's home tomorrow may be the start of another winning streak!