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4	Milwaukee	90	72	.556	C2
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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

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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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Nothing ever is where you thought it was

2008-03-12 13:54

by Bob Timmermann

The above is a detail from the USGS topographical map for the Los Angeles quadrangle. It's interesting to note that while Dodger Stadium is synonymous with Chavez Ravine, the actually geographic feature that is Chavez Ravine is not now nor has it ever been part of Dodger Stadium. As you can see it's on the other side of Stadium Way, one of the main entrances to the park.

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2008-03-12 15:00:55

1. Brent is a Dodger Fan

Brings new meaning to the phrase, Long Live Chavez Ravine!

(Ooops. I think that was just my phrase. Living where I do, I had an email signature after a while after the Jints moved out of Candlestick Park that read:

The 'Stick is dead. Long Live Chavez Ravine! )

2008-03-12 15:02:05

2. Daniel Zappala

That's pretty amazing. Though from where I sit, and unless you work downtown, they're pretty darn close to each other.

2008-03-12 16:19:47

3. Bob Timmermann

I spoke to a longtime resident of the surrounding area and she said that only the residents seemed to know that the stadium wasn't actually in Chavez Ravine.

2008-03-12 18:31:17

4. Samhain

The early years when the major league Angels played in Dodger Stadium while waiting for Anaheim Stadium to be completed, the Angels refused to refer to the place as "Dodger Stadium".

Instead all their p.r. releases, letterhead; and most importantly, their broadcast teams referred to the place as "Chavez Ravine". The local sportcasters played along too and used the term as well when the Angels were playing. The Angels always justified this on the claim that the locale for the park was Chavez Ravine.

I'm sure that the Angels public relations campaign about that helped create the (urban) legend about the name.

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