Here we are on May 1, with a month of baseball in the books. There are still many months ahead of us, but with 30 days upon which to reflect, we can already pick out some pleasant surprises from the first chapter of the 2013 baseball season.
We’re not talking about Justin Upton leading the league in home runs or Bryce Harper having a stellar second season. We’re talking about John Buck being a stud and the Colorado Rockies being in first place. Will these records and these stats hold up long term? Eh, probably not. Maybe in a few cases. But, if not, they’ll always have April.
1. The highs and lows of the Boston Red Sox : Literally no one could have predicted everything that happened to the Red Sox in April. After a tragic bombing sent their city into hysteria, the Red Sox rallied to put together the best record in baseball at month’s end. Adopting the “Boston Strong” mantra, the Red Sox are 18-8 and lead the AL East. Their +38 run differential is tops in baseball. Quite an achievement for a team that finished in last place in 2012, and didn’t even have one of if its biggest bats, David Ortiz, for a majority of April.
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