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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	69	46	.6	C1
2	Philadelphia	62	51	.549	E1
3	Arizona	59	55	.518	W1
4	Milwaukee	64	51	.557	C2
5	St. Louis	64	52	.552	C3
6	Florida	60	54	.526	E2
7	New York Mets	59	54	.522	E3
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	56	57	.496	W2
9	Houston	54	59	.478	C4
10T	Pittsburgh	52	62	.456	C5
10T	Atlanta	52	62	.456	E4
12T	Colorado	52	63	.452	W3
12T	Cincinnati	52	63	.452	C6
14	San Francisco	48	65	.425	W4
15	San Diego	44	70	.386	W5
16	Washington	42	71	.372	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	71	43	.623	W1
2	Tampa Bay	68	45	.602	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	63	49	.563	C1
4	Boston	66	49	.574	E2
5	Minnesota	63	51	.553	C2
6	New York Yankees	62	52	.544	E3
7	Texas	60	55	.522	W2
8	Toronto	58	56	.509	E4
9	Detroit	55	58	.487	C3
10	Baltimore	54	59	.478	E5
11	Oakland	53	60	.469	W3
12	Kansas City	53	62	.461	C4
13	Cleveland	49	64	.434	C5
14	Seattle	44	70	.386	W4

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2006-07-31 19:31

by Bob Timmermann

Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to 32 games in the Phillies' 15-2 loss to the Marlins.

And, Boston must beat Cleveland tonight in the return of David Wells to hold on to the yellow jersey in the AL East. A loss gives the yellow jersey to the Yankees. But the Red Sox won on a 9th inning, 3-run homer by David Ortiz to maintain the yellow jersey. The Yankees hold on to the checkered jersey.

If the Red Sox lose, they may have to share the checkered jersey with the White Sox, who are playing the Royals tonight.

Finally, in the AL West, Oakland and Los Angeles play showdown game for the yellow jersey. Dan Haren takes on Ervin Santana. Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke tabbed the Angels as the team to beat in the AL this year on today's "Around the Horn" on ESPN.

Update - The checkered jersey of Team Croatia had its first trip through the washing machine. I can tell you this: These colors don't run

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Comments

2006-07-31 17:19:11

1. das411

CHASE!! UTLEY!!!!!

2006-07-31 17:26:10

2. Philip Michaels

Every time Plaschke says something, I tab him as the columnist to beat. Repeatedly. And without mercy.

2006-07-31 17:29:18

3. Bob Timmermann

Buster Olney declared the Angels to be one of the two "losers" at the trade deadline along with the Red Sox.

2006-07-31 18:17:27

4. GoBears

I don't believe that Buster Olney or Bill Plaschke really exist. I think they are men of straw - engineered to say predictably stupid things at every opportunity to make the rest of us feel smart by comparison. People who take them seriously didn't get "Spinal Tap."

2006-07-31 20:06:25

5. Voxter

I remember when I was going through my period of post-9/11 rage and feeling completely unwelcome in my home country, I was driving through Utah and saw my first-ever "These Colors Don't Run" bumper sticker in a 7-11 parking lot outside Salt Lake. I marched in, bought a marker, and was in the process of scrawling, "I Don't Think They Were Meant To" on the bumper sticker when I was interrupted by the owner of the truck to which it was attatched. I managed to scare the guy away with a display of irrational rage that I can't even comprehend conjuring anymore.

My then-girlfriend was MORTIFIED, in all caps, bold, italics, with a number of exclamation points and made me swear not to leave the hotel that night.

Good story.

By the way, the colors on my Arsenal away jersey don't run, but the letters do come off. Sigh.

2006-07-31 23:26:58

6. Greg Brock

2 Beautiful.

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