On the interleague calendar
As interleague play continues this week, there are several more intriguing rivalries taking place (as well as a few duds like Rockies-Royals). Here's a quick rundown:
1). Live in The News and on the blog -- I'll be in PNC Park starting Tuesday to cover the Yankees-Pirates three-game set. It's New York's first trip to Pittsburgh since the 1960 World Series and Game Seven hero Bill Mazeroski (rounding third base on his historic home run, left) is scheduled to throw a ceremonial first pitch. If any of you are making the four-hour trek, the pitching matchups for the series are Darrell Rasner vs. Tom Gorzelanny, Joba Chamberlain vs. Zach Duke and Mike Mussina vs. Paul Maholm.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette did a big spread reminiscing about the '60 Series in Sunday's editions and there are several neat PDFs of old papers from the day included on the left side of the page (caution: a little slow loading).
2). Regional matchups -- Rays-Marlins and Rangers-Astros run Tuesday through Thursday. Running Friday-Saturday-Sunday are Yankees-Mets, Cubs-White Sox, Reds-Indians, Orioles-Nationals, Cardinals-Royals, Giants-Athletics and Angels-Dodgers. The Yankees and Mets will make up a May rainout with one of those two-stadium, day-night twinbills on Friday (2:05 at Yankee, 8:10 at Shea).
3). Big in the standings -- The Diamondbacks are in Fenway for three games starting Monday night and need to get things turned around quickly as the NL West closes in on them. Arizona was swept in three games over the weekend in Minnesota -- and fell to 19-29 outside its division.
4). World Series redux -- In addition to Yankees-Pirates (1927 and 1960), Cardinals-Royals (1985) and Giants-A's (1989), this week's slate also includes Cardinals-Tigers (1968 and 2006), White Sox-Dodgers (1959) and Braves-Blue Jays (1992).
---Mike Harrington
(Photo: Associated Press)
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