There is an old axiom around baseball that teams don’t pay attention to the standings until Memorial Day. That way, they don’t make rash decisions based on what amounts to a fraction of the season having gone by. The Phillies clearly did not do that, choosing to part ways with Rob Thomson in what I personally think is a large decision to be made before Memorial Day.
The standings though? Are you even looking at them yet?
For me, I know two things: the Braves are way out in front in the NL East and the Phillies are under .500. Other than that, I’m not sure I can tell you who any of the other division leaders even are right now. The Dodgers are, right? I know they’ve been playing poorly lately and have a currently sputtering offense, but they’re in the division lead, correct? If you gave me three guesses, I probably couldn’t tell you who is out in front in the AL Central, though that would be true if it were Memorial Day or Labor Day.
Some people are looking at them closely and kudos to them. After this gets posted, I’ll check, but probably not again until mid June.
