Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Teams that could go down for the last time today

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	97	64	.602	C1
2	Philadelphia	92	70	.568	E1
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	.519	W1
4	Milwaukee	90	72	.556	C2
5	New York Mets	89	73	.549	E2
6	Houston	86	75	.534	C3
7	St. Louis	86	76	.531	C4
8	Florida	84	77	.522	E3
9	Arizona	82	80	.506	W2
10T	Colorado	74	88	.457	W3
10T	Cincinnati	74	88	.457	C5
12T	Atlanta	72	90	.444	E4
12T	San Francisco	72	90	.444	W4
14	Pittsburgh	67	95	.414	C6
15	San Diego	63	99	.389	W5
16	Washington	59	102	.366	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	100	62	.617	W1
2	Tampa Bay	97	65	.599	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	89	74	.546	C1
4	Boston	95	67	.586	E2
5	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	E3
6	Minnesota	88	75	.540	C2
7	Toronto	86	76	.531	E4
8	Cleveland	81	81	.500	C3
9	Texas	79	83	.488	W2
10	Oakland	75	86	.466	W3
11	Kansas City	75	87	.463	C4
12	Detroit	74	88	.457	C5
13	Baltimore	68	93	.422	E5
14	Seattle	61	101	.377	W4

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New York

W L GB

Yankees 89 73

Mets 89 73

Baltimore/DC

W L GB

X - Orioles 68 93

Nationals 59 102 9

Chicago

W L GB

X - Cubs 97 64

White Sox 89 74 9

LA/Orange County

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Dodgers 84 78 16

SF/Oakland

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Giants 72 90 4.5

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So long and thanks for playing this year

1. Washington (8/31)
2. Seattle (9/1)
3. Pittsburgh (9/6) *
3. San Diego (9/6) *
5. Baltimore (9/8)
6. Oakland (9/8)
7. Atlanta (9/9)
8. Kansas City (9/9)
9. Cincinnati (9/10)
10. Texas (9/13)
11. Detroit (9/15)
12. San Francisco (9/17)
13. Colorado (9/18)
14. Cleveland (9/19)
15. Toronto (9/21)
16. New York Yankees (9/23)
17. St. Louis (9/23)
18. Florida (9/23)
19. Arizona (9/25)
20. Houston (9/26)
21. New York Mets (9/28)
22. Minnesota (9/30)
23. Chicago Cubs (10/4)
24. Milwaukee (10/5)
25. Chicago White Sox (10/6)
26. Los Angeles Angels (10/6)

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Teams that could go down for the last time today

2006-09-25 11:19

by Bob Timmermann

In order that it could happen.
1. Florida - If Philadelphia beats Houston today
2. San Francisco - If Philadelphia beats Houston OR if the Giants lose to Arizona
3. White Sox - If they lose to Cleveland AND the Twins beat Kansas City
4. Angels - If they lose to Texas AND Oakland beats Seattle

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Comments

2006-09-25 12:04:05

1. Sam DC

(I was scared to post this over at Dodger Thoughts, but it was too surreal not to share somewhere with someone!)

I'll take "things that must be a hoax" for 1,000 Alex:

CINCINNATI (Reuters) -- A car commercial proclaiming a jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering "Fatwa Fridays" with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday.

The radio advertisement for the Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has "a whole jihad theme," said Adnan Mirza, director of the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

"They are planning on launching a jihad on the automotive market and their representatives would be wearing burqas ... ," Mirza said. "They mentioned the pope in there and also about giving rubber swords out to the kiddies -- really just reprehensible-type comments."

from cnn.com

2006-09-25 12:18:56

2. Bob Timmermann

Oh, Ohio, why do you cause so much trouble?

2006-09-25 12:21:19

3. dianagramr

I'm only surprised the dealership wasn't related to the late Marge Schott. (Her hubby was in the dealership biz, wasn't he?)

2006-09-25 12:22:19

4. DXMachina

2 Because it's HI in the middle.

2006-09-25 12:35:43

5. Humma Kavula

I like the way that Mirza backs off a bit there at the end.

If somebody gets angry about his criticism, he can always say, "Hey, I never said they were reprehensible comments. I said they were reprehensible-TYPE comments. Huge, huge difference."

2006-09-25 12:43:24

6. Strike4

Fatwa Fridays, where a car will cost you only an arm or a leg.

2006-09-25 13:00:18

7. dianagramr

... and you can drive a jihad bargain!

2006-09-25 13:14:44

8. Daniel Zappala

7 That was priceless.

2006-09-25 13:34:20

9. Bob Timmermann

I am so going to be burned in effigy by an angry mob over this.

2006-09-25 13:40:37

10. dianagramr

9
New game!!!

Let's start naming all the players we think wouldn't be able to define "effigy"

2006-09-25 13:42:11

11. dianagramr

isn't "angry mob" a bit redundant? :-)

"happy mob"???? "happy meal"???

(still not really WORKING at my real job)

2006-09-25 13:47:53

12. Bob Timmermann

What if I were say, the Beatles in 1964 and my plane was landing at JFK, wouldn't the group meeting us be a "mob" and a fairly happy one at that?

2006-09-25 13:51:33

13. dianagramr

hmmm ... point taken sir.

(shuffling back to my corner)

goin' mob-ile

2006-09-25 13:52:27

14. Sam DC

Or all those people in St. Peter's Square waiting for the White Smoke of a new Pope (hey -- trying to stay on a potential-blasphemy theme). An expectant mob, a curious mob?

Not a mob?

2006-09-25 13:55:07

15. Bob Timmermann

I believe that's just a crowd.

2006-09-25 14:15:41

16. Sam DC

Well, what if it takes them a really long time to decide?

The crowd might get ornery!

It might become a mob.

2006-09-25 14:27:56

17. Sam DC

Now I'm just hiding while people have a fresh and zippy new argument about Paul DePodesta v. Ned Colletti. It's like a crisp Spring morning!

2006-09-25 14:54:52

18. Bob Timmermann

Maybe you can check in at Bronx Banter and see how much importance they place on the Yankees finishing with the best record in the AL.

2006-09-25 15:20:08

19. Shaun P

18 Meh. I expect the Tigers to get knocked out in the 1st round, and I expect the Yanks to finish with the 2nd-best record in the AL, so I don't think it will matter.

Though I would like to see the Yanks beat the Mets for the NY Metro area title!

2006-09-25 15:21:31

20. Bluebleeder87

i'm glad you didn't put my Dodgers up there Bob. :o)

2006-09-25 15:23:40

21. Bob Timmermann

19
It should be a taut battle between the two teams. And home field in the World Series of course decided by Michael Young's ability to hit Trevor Hofffman.

Is it always up to Rangers players to decide who gets homefield in the World Series?

2006-09-25 16:00:28

22. Gagne55

At least Dodger fans can be consoled in outlasting the Giants. :-(

2006-09-25 20:02:42

23. bhsportsguy

So the invitations can almost be sent, the Yankees will be playing either the Twins or the Tigers while in a few days, the A's can clinch playing the winner of the Central.

2006-09-25 21:29:58

24. Daniel Zappala

If I had known you guys were having this much fun here today while DT was imploding, I would have made it back sooner!

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