Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 23, 2004
AL West Race

The Oakland Athletics have handed the Anaheim Angels the division on a platter, and the Angels have refused the offer. Playing seven games against one of the weakest teams in the leauge, the Angels lose 4 of those games. They should have won six, and they should be in first place this morning. Meanwhile, the Rangers have won four of their six games with Oakland, and a win today ties them with Anaheim and puts both teams 2 games back of the A's. It's a must win game for the Rangers. Two games back with ten to go the schedule favors the Rangers. They get six against the Mariners, while Anaheim and Oakland battle six times. The Rangers are without Soriano and part of their bullpen, however.

Meanwhile, the Twins have moved ahead of Oakland for 2nd best record in the AL. A Yankees win today guarantees NY a playoff spot. With the AL East title still in play, it's much too early to predict what the first round of the playoffs will look like.

Postscript: There's a possibility of a Boston-Texas playoff round. Since political reports use baseball jargon to describe campaigns, will baseball commentators start using political jargon to describe this series?


  • Arguing with the ump - Protesting

  • Throwing out base stealers - Reducing Crime

  • Avoiding the bunt - Conservative strategies

  • Southpaws - Leftwingers

  • Switch hitters - Flip-floppers

  • Texas Bullpen - Furloughed criminals

  • Balks - Dirty tricks


Feel free to suggest others! We can only hope that Trot Nixon is on the post-season roster. :-)

Correction: In the first sentence of this post I had the Mariners, not the Angels. Thanks for pointing this out. That's what I get for blogging in my pajamas!


Posted by David Pinto at 08:53 AM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
Comments

You meant handed the Angels the division on a platter, not the Mariners.

Posted by: Daniel at September 23, 2004 09:02 AM

Re: Texas v. Boston - Political Commentary

Very funny - LOL

--AJK

Posted by: Art Kyriazis at September 29, 2004 06:28 PM