Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 20, 2008
Long Day of Travel

I'm back from Atlanta after flight delays and traffic delays. In my absence, five of the six division races tightened. The Yankees swept the Athletics, the Rays took two out of three from Toronto, and the Angels swept the Red Sox. That puts the Yankees 4 1/2 back in the division and three back in the wild card.

The Twins took two out of three from Texas while the White Sox lost two out of three to Kansas City. That puts Minnesota 1/2 game back in the AL Central.

The Dodgers took two out of three from the Diamondbacks to force a tie for first place in the NL West. Both teams are two games under .500.

The Cubs lost two out of three to the Astros, while the Brewers swept the Giants, outscoring them 24-10. The Cardinals swept the Padres 30-20 over four games. St. Louis and Milwaukee are two and three back of the Cubs respectively. It looks like this division is the class of the National League.

Finally, the Marlins took two out of three from the Phillies while the Mets split four with the Reds. That puts the Mets into a tie for first place with the Marlins 1/2 game out. That gives us three three-team races, two two-team races, and the Angels, the luckiest team in terms of run difference running away with the AL West. It should be an exciting finish to the season.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:05 PM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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