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Detroit Rock City
Tigers take over top spot from defending champs
Posted: Monday May 29, 2006 1:44PM; Updated: Monday May 29, 2006 5:13PM
MLB Power Rankings Rank LW Team 1 3 
The best team in baseball? Well, the PRs are finally onboard with that, even if Jim Leyland wants no part of us. "All of a sudden everybody's on the bandwagon," the Tigers' manager griped, "and I'm not going to fall for it." With the Yanks and Red Sox this week, Leyland knows the new 'wagon riders among us already are looking for a soft spot to jump off. 2 1 
The Sox lost two of three to the Jays over the weekend, and after Saturday's loss, manager Ozzie Guillen offered up one of his profanity-punched speeches to his troops. "If they don't like what I say, [bleep] them," he said. "They can pack their [stuff] and do whatever they want to do." Then the Sox won Sunday. Hey, if it works ... 3 2 
Closer Jason Isringhausen earned a save the other day -- and we're using the term "earned" rather loosely here -- even though the last six pitches he threw were balls. Catcher Yadier Molina picked San Diego's Brian Giles off first base to end the game, actually saving Isringhausen. Yet another example of something that doesn't show up in the box score. 4 4 
The Red Sox are still winning, but it's getting harder. David Wells took a liner off his bad knee Friday and may miss a start, Wily Mo Pena is on the disabled list just as Coco Crisp is coming off and Manny Ramirez sat out Sunday's game with a sore back. And now the Sox have a 10-game stretch against Toronto, the Tigers and the Yankees, all on the road. Now that's gotta hurt. 5 5 
Pedro Martinez hurt his hip in a tumble Friday night when he dashed into the clubhouse between innings to change his shirt, a fall that prompted all sorts of anxiety on and around the Mets. Martinez seems OK. He lasted seven innings in that game and is scheduled to pitch against Arizona's Brandon Webb on Wednesday. But you know how falls can be at Martinez's age. 6 7 
Did Alex Rodriguez really lose track of his three-run homer against the Red Sox? Was Boston's Manny Ramirez preening a little too much after his homer against the Yanks early last week? Well, at least we don't have to deal with all this silly, overblown Red Sox-Yankees stuff again until ... what? Next week? Again? 7 9 
The Diamondbacks are playing well, but there's some concern with closer Jose Valverde, who gave up a pair of runs for the third straight time Sunday, this time a two-run walkoff homer to Cincinnati's Jose Valentin. Valverde declined to explain himself to reporters afterward, figuring he'd given up enough already. 8 10 
Word out of Las Vegas -- and, really, this could have come from anywhere -- is that catcher Pat Borders, 43, finally has retired. The '92 World Series MVP was playing with the Dodgers' Class AAA team in Vegas, the 51s, when he decided to officially hang 'em up. After 17-plus years, with 10 teams. That's a man who loves the game. Or has nothing else to do. 9 8 
Ken Griffey Jr. was a tad upset about those radio talkers who say he's slowing down and ought to think about retiring to the infield, or a nice cushy corner outfield spot. So he went out and had a spectacular week in center. Now, just in case they're on to something, radio's Two Angry Guys are busy preparing rip jobs on any Red that comes up to bat with runners in scoring position. 10 13 
The Jays have the best slugging team in the American League, but that doesn't mean they can't get better. Friday, they moved bopper Troy Glaus to shortstop -- his first start ever there -- allowing Shea Hillenbrand to take over at third. Then they clobbered Chicago's Freddy Garcia, who had won seven straight. These guys can hit. 
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