I do miss the days when Gabe Kapler, the scrappy, little guy, played for the Sox.  He was just a hell of a player and fun to watch.  It was great when he returned..until he blew out his knee and all was lost.  But now after retiring and managing for a year, he is back with a vengeance...and he's taking a lot of it out on the Mets of all teams!

Gabe Kapler, the newest Milwaukee Brewer, is off to a great start and I'm thrilled for him...just not for the fact that he's destroying Los Mets.  Here's what he's done in this series alone:

Game 2: 1 Big 2 run HR...basically the reason while the Brewers won...and he hit it off Johan Santana!  That's a major oy vey.

Game 3: 3 for 4, another HR, and 3 important RBI.

Thank goodness he didn't play Game 1....

Seriously, on the season alone Kapler is 11/26 with 4 HR and 11 RBI.  To put that in perspective, David Ortiz is 3/43 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.  That's right...Kapler has more HR than Ortiz has hits.  Who'd think I'd ever utter that sentence, even though we're only 12 games in or so. 

Mark my words, Kapler for MVP!  OK, maybe not, but I'm thrilled to see him doing so well for the Brew Crew.  He will be a great manager one day.

Not a shocker here...The defending World Champions, after a 3-1 start are on top of the first 2008 Power Rankings of the year.  The Mets are still in the top 5, despite the potentially devastating injury to Pedro.  The Skanks unfortunately come in at 4th, after taking 2 out of 3 from the #12 Blue Jays.  The Braves and Phils are 8th and 9th respectively, and the Orioles are the first goat of the year, ranked as last.

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The Tigers are now 0-4 to start the season and are already dealing with injury problems.  Desptie the hype over the offense, I don't think they will be able to outlast the Indians for the AL Central.  Hopefully the injury to Martinez will not affect the team too negatively.  Santana, Perez, and Maine still are a very good 1-2-3.  Only time will tell how it affects them.

ESPN POWER RANKINGS (APRIL 4)