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As stunned as we may be by the Blue Jays 23-31 record and last place standing in the A.L. East, there are actually two teams that have blown me away by their monumental collapses in May. Lets start in the National League. Youve got to concede, Milwaukee hasnt been quite as imposing since Prince Fielder left for Detroit as a free agent. But they still looked like a solid team that could at least be close to one of the Wild Cards. Ron Roenickes crew got out of the gate with a fairly solid 14-11 record in April. They have a star left fielder in Ryan Braun (juiced or not) and a budding superstar at short in Jean Segura. However they havent had the starting pitching and their bullpen has been in turmoil through injuries and inconsistency. The Brewers are heading for the worst month of May in franchise history. They have dropped six in a row and are just 5-22 for the month. The "Brew Crew" has tumbled into last place in the N.L. Central, and they are already 16 games back of first place St. Louis and 13 behind division rival Cincinnati for the second Wild Card spot. Barring a miracle, their season is already over on the final day of May. General manager Doug Melvin and assistant GM Gord Ash would appear safe, based on an excellent track record and the Brewers solid attendance. Roenicke, though, could be in trouble if the nose dive continues. Royal Pains The team though that really puzzles me is the Kansas City Royals. G.M. Drayton Moore went out in the off-season and appeared to fill the void in the starting rotation by acquiring James Shields and Wade Davis from Tampa Bay and Ervin Santana from the Angels. Though none of the three have been spectacular, they have added some stability to the starting staff and some veteran leadership. The Royals actually went 17-10 in April, and looked like a team that might press Detroit for the division lead over the course of the season. Then in May, the bats died. The Royals are only 5-19 this month. Not only that but they tied a franchise record by dropping 10 in a row at home and had dropped eight in a row overall before Thursdays bizarre win at St. Louis. More on that in a second. But for now K.C. is last in the A.L. Central and seven and a half back of the Yankees for the second Wild Card spot, same as the Blue Jays. A year ago, the Royals tied for last in the American League in home runs. Again this season, they were struggling to hit the long ball. Early this week, batting coach Jack Maloof stuck his foot in his mouth by saying the Royals would likely finish last in homers again. A couple of days later Maloof and his assistant batting coach Andre David were re-assigned within the organization. The man taking over as interim batting coach for Thursdays game was 60-year-old George Brett, the greatest Royals player of them all. Yes, the Royals did win the game at St. Louis and break off that eight-game losing skid, but it was one of the strangest games you would ever want to see. The Royals could only muster four hits on the night, but managed to rally for three runs in the top of the ninth to beat the "Red Birds" 4-2. Thats not even half the story. The game played in front of over 43,000 fans was delayed for an hour at the start by rain. Heading to the top of the ninth, St. Louis was up 2-1. Then Jeff Francoeur slugged a homer - the Royals first in 59 innings - and Eric Hosmer later in the inning hit what proved to be a game winning two-run bases loaded double off Victor Marte. That wasnt the final chapter though. Right after that, the skies opened up again, and the game went into a marathon rain delay of four hours and 32 minutes. The game finally ended at 3:14am. This was the Royals one and only visit to St. Louis this season, so veteran ump Joe West was determined to get it in. He actually could have ruled the game was official after eight and given St. Louis the 2-1 victory. Over the course of the delay the Cardinals brass and manager Mike Matheny actually lobbied for West to do just that. Matheny said he was worried that one of his players might have been injured on the slippery field. He couldnt be too critical though because it was his home grounds crew at Busch Stadium. In fact, he said later they did a great job just to make the field playable. When play resumed, it took just 12 more minutes to get the final six outs. Will this be a turning point in the Royals season? Who knows? I thought the Blue Jays might get some huge momentum by having four relievers combine to shut out Atlanta 3-0 on Wednesday night. So what happens Thursday? R.A. Dickey struggles again and the Blue Jays get blasted 11-3 in the series finale. Bruised Yankees This is circle the wagons weekend for the Yankees. Theyve lost five in a row including a four-game sweep in Queens at the hand of their crosstown rivals, the Mets. This weekend they are home to the division-leading Red Sox whom they trail by two games. C.C Sabathia will be facing Jon Lester in a duel of lefties in game 1. The Yanks are due to get Kevin Youkilis and Mark Teixeira back in the line-up. At this point it would probably be better for the Blue Jays if one team or the other get swept in their respective series. Of course, they would have to co-operate by taking three themselves at San Diego. Game on! Nike Air Force 1 Wholesale Australia . Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team. Buy Air Force 1 Australia . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. Thats when the enormity of the honour sunk in. http://www.cheapairforce1australia.com/ . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. Authentic Air Force 1 Australia . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Air Force 1 Sale Australia . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason. 12 Consecutive undefeated Test series for Pakistan against New Zealand (including one-off Tests) - they have won seven and drawn five. The only ongoing streak of undefeated Test series between two of the top eight teams is South Africas run of 15 unbeaten series against New Zealand. Australia also have an ongoing streak of 12 unbeaten series against New Zealand.1985 The last instance of Pakistan losing a Test series in New Zealand. Since then they have won five and drawn three (including one-off Tests). Pakistans win-loss record in New Zealand is their best among all opposition teams.28.21 Pakistans bowling average in New Zealand in the last 10 years. They have the second-best bowling average in New Zealand during this period, next only to South Africa.32 Wickets for Neil Wagner in 2016. He has been New Zealands best bowler with a strike rate of 48.9 and three five-wicket hauls. No other New Zealand bowler has taken a five-wicket haul this year. Wagner has 99 wickets from 25 Tests, and is set to become the second-fastest to 100 Test wickets for New Zealand after Richard Hadlee, who reached the mark in 25 matches. 21.75 Kane Williamsons average at home against Pakistan: He has a highest of 50 in four innings; among all countries against whom he haas played more than one home Test, his average against Pakistan is the lowest.dddddddddddd His overall home average is 57.51, with four hundreds in 19 Tests.49 Tests in which Misbah-ul-Haq has captained Pakistan. The first Test of the New Zealand series will be his 50th as captain, the most for Pakistan. Pakistan have won 24 Tests under Misbah, which is ten more than they have won under any other captain - they had 14 wins when Imran Khan and Javed Miandad led the team. Misbah also has more runs and hundreds as captain than any other Pakistan player.6 Players from the current Pakistan squad who have played Tests in New Zealand. The last time Pakistan toured New Zealand for a Test series was back in 2011.20.33 Ross Taylors average in the last three home series he has played in - he has scored 183 runs in 10 innings, with a highest of 41. Also, since the tour to Zimbabwe earlier this year he hasnt made a half-century in nine innings, averaging 11.50.65.28 Younis Khans average in Tests in New Zealand, which is his best in any country outside Asia. In eight innings he has scored 457 runs with a century and three fifties. ' ' '