Welcome to the party! The Elimination Party!
After a win against the Northside Cubbies, the St. Louis Cardinals became the first time to clinch their division. (as the Bowl of Petunias said, "Oh no, not again.")
On that note, let me provide a quick update on the Elimination Race!
National League:
With the Cards clinching, we can now add The Cubs, The Houston "Rastros" and The Milwaukee Brew-Crew to The Cincinnati Deads and The Pirates of Penitent.
What’s fun about the NL is, because the understated lopsidedness of the NL Divisional bookends, no other teams have been eliminated. Even, Pico’s New York Metropolitans of Queensborough, at 72-76 on the season, still have an elimination number of 2.
Because of the resilience of the Philadelphia Sillies, Atlanta’s magic number is still 9 with 13 games to go.
Meanwhile, across the country, the battle of mediocrsy lives on, with the San Diego topping the division with a record that is 2 games under .500. Their magic number is 11 over the San Francisco Giants. And, with the return of Barry Bonds* we can expect the same NL West mediocrity, but with much more media coverage from ESPN. Yawwwwwwwn!
American League:
The American League is moving right along as expected, the Baltimore Orioles joined the New York Devil Rays of Tampa Bay to the loser lounge.
The Detroit “Tiggers”, bounced, on their own collective tail, right out the race this week. They met up with ole’ divisional woe the Kansas City Royals and the AL West’s Seattle Mariners, who have been at the party so long, they have moved from beer to sake. It’s gonna be a long post season, kids.
Incidentally, the under-fan-appreciated Royals are enjoying their non-competitive existence, by making life hard on the division leading Chicago Pale-Hosen (you know they have two teams, right?) by playing the Cleveland Indians. The Indians are the hottest playing team in baseball currently and with the White Sox floundering about .500 since the trade deadline, they actually have a shot at capturing the division! On August 1 the White Sox had a 15 game lead in the standings. As of today, they're up by 3.5. The best part is they have 6 head-to-head games left, including a season ending series at the Jake.
If the White Sox lose the division, it is possible they would not make the playoffs. Imagine that? If that happens, I will be the first one to email Ken “Hawk” Harrelson to say, “YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOOOARD…YES!”
I LIVE FOR THIS!! (Wild Card update tomorrow)
Postnote: I want to welcome Greg to the blog! I never met ya, but it's great to have you aboard!!
On that note, let me provide a quick update on the Elimination Race!
National League:
With the Cards clinching, we can now add The Cubs, The Houston "Rastros" and The Milwaukee Brew-Crew to The Cincinnati Deads and The Pirates of Penitent.
What’s fun about the NL is, because the understated lopsidedness of the NL Divisional bookends, no other teams have been eliminated. Even, Pico’s New York Metropolitans of Queensborough, at 72-76 on the season, still have an elimination number of 2.
Because of the resilience of the Philadelphia Sillies, Atlanta’s magic number is still 9 with 13 games to go.
Meanwhile, across the country, the battle of mediocrsy lives on, with the San Diego topping the division with a record that is 2 games under .500. Their magic number is 11 over the San Francisco Giants. And, with the return of Barry Bonds* we can expect the same NL West mediocrity, but with much more media coverage from ESPN. Yawwwwwwwn!
American League:
The American League is moving right along as expected, the Baltimore Orioles joined the New York Devil Rays of Tampa Bay to the loser lounge.
The Detroit “Tiggers”, bounced, on their own collective tail, right out the race this week. They met up with ole’ divisional woe the Kansas City Royals and the AL West’s Seattle Mariners, who have been at the party so long, they have moved from beer to sake. It’s gonna be a long post season, kids.
Incidentally, the under-fan-appreciated Royals are enjoying their non-competitive existence, by making life hard on the division leading Chicago Pale-Hosen (you know they have two teams, right?) by playing the Cleveland Indians. The Indians are the hottest playing team in baseball currently and with the White Sox floundering about .500 since the trade deadline, they actually have a shot at capturing the division! On August 1 the White Sox had a 15 game lead in the standings. As of today, they're up by 3.5. The best part is they have 6 head-to-head games left, including a season ending series at the Jake.
If the White Sox lose the division, it is possible they would not make the playoffs. Imagine that? If that happens, I will be the first one to email Ken “Hawk” Harrelson to say, “YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOOOARD…YES!”
I LIVE FOR THIS!! (Wild Card update tomorrow)
Postnote: I want to welcome Greg to the blog! I never met ya, but it's great to have you aboard!!
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