How Sweep It Is

Not a bad weekend for the Yankees, who made up for losing 3 of 4 at the White Sox earlier this season by sweeping them in fantastic fashion at home. The Yankees are unstoppable since the break in their home park which will bode well for them if they can get home field advantage in October (they have a 4 1/2 game lead on the Angels for that). They're also 9.5 games up on the Texas Rangers for a playoff spot.

The Yankees are 4.5 games up on the LA teams for the best record in baseball and are the only team with a .600 winning %. Not bad.

Other sports notes of the weekend:

• It looked weird to see Tiger Woods miss a putt at the end of the tournament like that. Even my grandmother couldn't believe it. The guy does win about 30% of tournaments.
• The San Francisco Giants had a huge weekend capped off by a big Edgar Renteria grand slam. The Giants and Rockies are tied atop the NL Wild Card with the Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins 3.5 games back. Even the Cubs (5.5 back are in it). That is going to be a fun stretch run for those 5 teams.
• Rich Harden? Aaron Heilman? Brad Penny? Where will guys end up before the end of the month so they can be eligible for the postseason? Will the Cubs give up on their season? Will Penny affect the National League race?
• Can Jake Peavy, Tim Wakefield or Nate McLouth come back from injuries and help out their teams down the stretch?
  
• Miguel Tejada tipping pitches? Maybe that had something to do with Jason Giambi chewing him out in the 2001 playoffs.
• I had my first fantasy football draft of the season. There's no big injuries so far, but when one goes down, it's going to ruin a lot of people's seasons. Especially if that guy is Adrian Peterson.
• Another American win in the Little League World Series. USA! USA! USA!