Hanging out right now, watching Eric Bedard throw the Angels into a hole that is going to be a bitch to get out of. Currently, its 7-1 in the bottom of the 5th, and the M's look like they have a pretty good chance of winning the opening game. There is some psychic ability for you. Watching Bedard do what he was brought to Seattle to do is a bit bitter sweet for me for the simple reason that I don't know if he'll be here next year to keep doing it. If the M's end up making a run at the pennant this year, its going to be because we have the best 1-2 punch in baseball (currently, with how Washburn is throwing, we have the best 1-2-...4 combination in baseball). Granted, we do need to hit the ball better to hope to do anything, but having Felix and Bedard at the top of the rotation is a huge part of our success. Can you imagine having to face a rotation like the M's have in a five game series? I have a feeling teams around the league are secretly keeping an eye on the M's, hoping this insane pitching we have going on is going to cool off.

Our bats are bound to come alive. Right now, the M's are winning 8-3, Chavez is 3-4, Branyan has a HR along with a double, and even Beltre has an RBI double. If either Beltre, Branyon, or Griffey decides to have a great month of May, look for the M's to be a top three team in the league still. They have the pitching of a playoff team, just need a bat or two to get hot, and it won't matter when the Angles get healthy, they'll be 8 or 9 games out.

What do you think, are we a bat away from leaving the West in our dust?

Also, Noah and I are going to try and record the blogcast every Sunday, so if you have any questions or issues you want brought up by a couple of guys who think they know way more about sports then they actually do, leave them in the comments, and we'll bring them up on the show.

Be sure to tell anyone who likes the M's or baseball about our blog and blogcast. Word of mouth is always a great way to spread information, and we can use all the help we can get! Thanks to everyone who downloaded the first episode. Be sure to check in on Monday for episode two!

Nick