20 Things I Did Not Expect to See on June 19

I'm back from my trip to Boston, which included a TON of sightseeing and, unfortunately, not much baseball stuff except trying my darndest to avoid the Green Line around Red Sox game times.

So, in honor of the fact that I have some serious catching up to do, here are 20 things that I did not expect to see at this point in the year on Opening Day.

1. The Washington Nationals leading the NL East, by 3 games in the loss column.
   
2. The A's 10 games under .500.
   
3. The Yankees 5 back of... the Orioles.
   
4. Brian Roberts with a .359/.433/.603 line and a pretty consistent first 2.5 months to boot.
   
5. Sub-2 ERAs from Kenny Rogers and Dontrelle Willis.
   
6. Adrian Beltre with a .244/.279/.361 line and a VORP of -2.4.
   
7. Austin Kearns in AAA.
   
8. Nick Johnson healthy.
   
9. David Wright leading NL 3rd basemen in VORP.
   
10. Victor Martinez hitting .212.
    
11. The White Sox with a 7 game lead on the Twins and an 8 game lead on the Indians.
    
12. Opponents hitting .302 against Zack Greinke.
    
13. Derrek Lee with a shot at winning the Triple Crown.
    
14. 11 walks from Carlos Silva and Brad Radke all year.
    
15. Two Texas Rangers in the Top-5 in AL ERA.
    
16. Scott Podsednik on pace for 83 steals.
    
17. Scott Erickson on a major league roster.
    
18. Scott Kazmir leading the league in walks (OK, I did expect that). Scott Kazmir leading the league in walks and still with an ERA under 5.
    
19. Scott Elarton with 4 consecutive quality starts.
    
20. Lance Berkman slugging .354.

Power Rankings will be back for next week... there should be quite a few big changes, especially with the Indians' hot streak and the Nationals remaining in first.