Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Wednesday's whirlwind of action (September 27)

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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Yankees 89 73

Mets 89 73

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Nationals 59 102 9

Chicago

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White Sox 89 74 9

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Dodgers 84 78 16

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Wednesday's whirlwind of action (September 27)

2006-09-27 04:00

by Bob Timmermann

The American League now has its full complement of playoff teams as Oakland clinched the AL West. All that's left is to sort out where New York, Detroit, and Minnesota will finish in seedings. In theory, Oakland could take the #1 slot if they win their last five games and the Yankees, Tigers, and Twins stumble in the final weekend. However, the Tigers play the Royals over the weekend, so Detroit could have the edge. Detroit and New York have the same record, but the Yankees hold the tiebreaker edge.

The NL suddenly has a new division, the Johnny Edwards. St. Louis has dropped seven straight games while Houston has won seven straight to cut the Cardinals lead to just 1 1/2 games. And the Reds are just 2 1/2 games back. The Cardinals have six games left with a potential makeup game against the Giants on Monday held in escrow. Houston and Cincinnati have five games left. The Cardinals magic number is five.

St. Louis plays the NL West leader San Diego at home at 5:10 pm PT (Chris Young vs. Anthony Reyes). Houston is at Pittsburgh at 4:05 pm PT (Jason Hirsh vs. Shawn Chacon). Cincinnati plays at Florida at 4:05 pm PT (Chris Michalak vs. Anibal Sanchez). If the Padres win, the #2 slot in the NL will be guaranteeed to either San Diego or Los Angeles.

With San Diego unlikely to squander a two game lead with five games to play, the NL wild card race looks to be the last great race. The Phillies trail the Dodgers by one game. Philadelphia plays at Washington at 4:05 pm PT (Cole Hamels vs. Pedro Astacio). Los Angeles plays at Colorado at 5:35 pm PT (Derek Lowe vs. Aaron Cook).

They will also play:
Arizona at San Francisco - Since Brandon Webb isn't pitching, Arizona will go back to scoring runs.
Baltimore at Yankees - Yankees fans shout, "The Orioles are boring. Make them go away!"
Cleveland at White Sox - The White Sox are playing for pride now and don't seem to have a lot of that.
Tampa Bay at Boston - Will the Devil Rays win another road game in 2006?
Mets at Atlanta - This time of the year, the Braves always seem to have the Mets number.
Milwaukee at Cubs - The Cubs are just 1 1/2 games in back of Pittsburgh.
Kansas City at Minnesota - The next loss for the Royals is #100.
Oakland at Seattle - Sacramento takes on Tacoma
Texas at Angels - Oklahoma takes on Salt Lake City

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Comments

2006-09-27 05:09:28

1. Vishal

you're up early, bob.

2006-09-27 07:18:14

2. Bob Timmermann

Autobob gets up at 4:00 nearly every day.

2006-09-27 08:48:46

3. dianagramr

Autobob? Isn't that the German highway system?

2006-09-27 10:20:03

4. misterjohnny

Can you enlighten me on the Johnny Edwards reference?

2006-09-27 10:26:35

5. Bob Timmermann

4
I rename the divisions based on the name of a player who played for all the competing teams in question. Johnny Edwards is the only guy whose career consisted solely of stops in Cincinnati, Houston, and St. Louis.

The San Diego/LA/Philly race was called the Andy Ashby Division, although he played for teams other than those three. However, since San Diego appears to have the NL West in hand, I need a new name for the LA/Philly race.

There have been a LOT of players who have played for both the Dodgers and Phillies.

2006-09-27 13:30:32

6. das411

I thought the Johnny Edwards reference was Bob's little way of flouting JW's no politics rule over at DT :)

That real Johnny Edwards though, basically the 1960s version of Eddie Taubensee? And yet he made 3 All Star teams...scary!

2006-09-27 14:03:59

7. Bob Timmermann

Johnny Edwards holds the major league record for most putouts by a catcher in one season.

The Astros pitchers struck out a lot of guys that year.

2006-09-27 15:40:23

8. dzzrtRatt

In the AL, I would think the Yankees would be more than happy to let Oakland have the best record, and let them be the one who has to face Minnesota's pitching first.

2006-09-27 18:29:09

9. Voxter

8 - I agree. And if I were the Twins, I'd actually be hoping to catch the Yankees in a short series, so that 2/3 of the neccessary wins can be garnered by a well-rested Johan Santana. Yanks fans should be issuing prayers of petition for a first round matchup with Los Tigres del Norte.

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