May 26, 2008
Competitive Season
On this Memorial Day, there are only five team more than 6 1/2 games out of first. The American League, which usually comes down to five or six teams competing for four spots, has 13 of 14 teams in the race in terms of games back, with both the AL East and AL Central five-team races. The only non-competitive division right now is the NL West, and that's still a two-team race. The 1998 expansion teams, Tampa Bay and Arizona both are playing .600 balls, but there are no super teams so far. There seems to be a lot of teams running hot and cold, like the Blue Jays. The NL has gone down to the wire the last few seasons, and we may get to see that in the American League as well in 2008.