If only....

...exams didn't exist.
If only, I could pause the baseball season, finish exams and then jump right back in.
If only on top of that, the Stanley Cup Finals were not during baseball season, and baseball season wasn't during the Stanley Cup Finals

Still, despite my concerns, I've been unable to blog in what seems like ages, and haven't been able to watch a full ballgame in quite some time. So real quick, here's what's on my mind cause it may be a couple weeks before I can blog again:

• Wrigley Field looks awesome with the ivy fully green. Can't wait eventually go there again.
• How about Chris Carpenter huh? You've been on the shelf for a year, you come back, you get two good outings, you go back on the shelf straining an oblique, and then you come back and in your second start, you're perfect through six innings. Carpenter hasn't allowed a run yet this year in 23 innings, and his control has been impeccable.
• The Tigers are still looking good, Justin Verlander has just been nasty, and Rick Porcello is quietly trying to etch his name on the AL Rookie of the year trophy.
• How about a 10 game winning streak for those Padres? Amazing. And Jake Peavy's looked good recently. Oh and by the way, after K'ing 10 Cubbies on May 22nd, the only NL team Mr Peavy hasn't had a double digit K game against is the Phillies.
  
• Speaking of hot, what about those Yankees?
  
• Or Maybe Joe Mauer, who has 11 home runs in just 27 games this year. Here's some perspective for you. He had 9 in 146 games last year.
  
• Zack Greinke is just incredible. AL Cy Young right there. You know you're good when you give up 1 earned run and your ERA actually GOES UP!!! After his complete game vs the Tigers earlier this week, Greinke's ERA went from 0.82 to 0.84. Sick.
  
• They say Albert Pujols is in a slump, but hey, but people seem to forget that he's still batting a measley .308 in May. Hang in there Albert.
• Ryan Zimmerman's hitting streak might have ended at 30 games and the Nationals might well be 13-34 yes folks, 13 and 34, but hey, it was one hell of a ride.
  
• Why is it that whenever I see or hear of Clayton Kershaw, I can't help but think of Sandy Koufax? Not the dominant Koufax that won 129 games between 1961 and 1966, posted a 2.19 ERA in that span, won 3 Cy Young awards and an MVP title along with 2 world series championships. No, the young, raw Koufax who showed signs and flashes of his future self but was suppressed by Dodger manager Walter Alston throughout his early years.
  

Well, that's all I've got for now. It's going to be a busy couple of weeks. Exams, Stanley Cup Finals, hopefully the odd baseball game thrown in as well, starting with Dodgers/Cubs on ESPN on sunday night baseball. Can't wait for that one. If only I get the time to watch it. Oh and Matt Wieters has finally been called up and went 0-4 for the O's last night. However, since I have virtually no time, I can't see him play against the Tigers this weekend. Still, it could be worse. Looking forward to a summer of baseball.