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• Dodger Sims
• MLB Mock Draft Software

• A Guy Hit for the cycle
• A Guy Threw a no-hitter
• A team won a playoff series
• A player reached first on catcher's interference with the bases loaded.

American League:

#2 Los Angeles or Oakland (West) vs. #3 Minnesota (Central)

#1 Boston (East) vs #4 Oakland or Los Angeles (Wild Card)

National League:

#1 Arizona (West) vs. #4 Chicago (Wild Card) / #3 Florida (East)
#2 St. Louis (Central) vs. #3 Florida (East) / #4 Los Angeles (Wild card)

National League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Arizona	23	12	.657	W1
2	St. Louis	22	14	.611	C1
3	Florida	20	14	.588	E1
4T	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	15	.559	W2
4T	Chicago Cubs	19	15	.559	C2
6	Philadelphia	20	16	.556	E2
7	Atlanta	18	15	.545	E3
8	New York Mets	17	15	.531	E4
9	Houston	18	17	.514	C3
10	Milwaukee	16	18	.471	C4
11	Pittsburgh	15	19	.441	C5
12	Washington	15	20	.429	E5
13T	San Francisco	14	21	.4	W3
13T	Colorado	14	21	.4	W3
13T	Cincinnati	14	21	.4	C6
16	San Diego	12	23	.343	W5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Boston	23	14	.622	E1
2T	Los Angeles Angels	22	14	.611	W1
2T	Oakland	22	14	.611	W1
4	Minnesota	17	16	.515	C1
5	Tampa Bay	18	16	.529	E2
6	New York Yankees	18	18	.5	E3
7	Baltimore	17	18	.486	E4
8	Chicago White Sox	16	17	.485	C2
9	Toronto	17	19	.472	E5
10	Cleveland	16	18	.471	C3
11	Texas	16	20	.444	W3
12	Kansas City	15	19	.441	C4
13	Detroit	15	21	.417	C5
14	Seattle	14	22	.389	W4

Select a date:
--- Select a game --- April 15, 1908 April 16, 1896 April 17, 1923 April 18, 1895 April 19, 1900 April 20, 1988 April 21, 1936 April 22, 1942 April 23, 1982 April 24, 1908 April 25, 1886 April 26, 1948 April 27, 1893 April 28, 1932 April 29, 2004 April 30, 1971 May 1, 1883 May 2, 1928 May 3, 1876 May 4, 1874 May 5, 1899 May 6, 1887 May 7, 1872 May 8, 1991 May 9, 1957 May 10, 1927 May 11, 1966 May 12, 1919 May 13, 1914 May 14, 1925 May 15, 1913 May 16, 1951 May 17, 1954 May 18, 1917 May 19, 1891 May 20, 1953 May 21, 1881 May 22, 1987 May 23, 1973 May 24, 1958 May 25, 1981 May 26, 1965 May 27, 1968 May 28, 1956 May 29, 1993 May 30, 2005 May 31, 1944 June 1, 1992 June 2, 1882 June 3, 1937 June 4, 1970 June 5, 1935 June 6, 1975 June 7, 1897 June 8, 1974 June 9, 1952 June 10, 1961 June 11, 1902 June 12, 1931 June 13, 1963 June 14, 1941 June 15, 1940 June 16, 2000 June 17, 1875 June 18, 1960 June 19, 1943 June 20, 1938 June 21, 1976 June 22, 1996 June 23, 1950 June 24, 1977 June 25, 1907 June 26, 1880 June 27, 1894 June 28, 1985 June 29, 1945 June 30, 1918 July 1, 1885 July 2, 1964 July 3, 1873 July 4, 1912 July 5, 1934 July 6, 1910 July 7, 1892 July 8, 1921 July 9, 1978 July 10, 1922 July 11, 1972 July 12, 1955 July 13, 1888 July 14, 1915 July 15, 1999 July 16, 1909 July 17, 1967 July 18, 1959 July 19, 1890 July 20, 1906 July 21, 1994 July 22, 1916 July 23, 1926 July 24, 1903 July 25, 1986 July 26, 1898 July 27, 1920 July 28, 1983 July 29, 1939 July 30, 1990 July 31, 2003 August 1, 1911 August 2, 1989 August 3, 1979 August 4, 1901 August 5, 1969 August 6, 1962 August 7, 1905 August 8, 1884 August 9, 1879 August 10, 1924 August 11, 1877 August 12, 1929 August 13, 1997 August 14, 1933 August 15, 1980 August 16, 1871 August 17, 2002 August 18, 1904 August 19, 1984 August 20, 1946 August 21, 1949 August 22, 1878 August 23, 2001 August 24, 1947 August 25, 1889 August 26, 1998 August 27, 1930

• What makes up a memory?
• The life and times of Harry Kingman
• "Dead to Me" and "On Notice" lists
• 2003 baseball tour of Japan
• 10 favorite baseball books

Lyle Overbay of Toronto by Kurt Suzuki of Oakland on April 10, 2008

At least I think they should be.

Yellow alert - Player needs triple for cycle
Orange alert - Player needs double for cycle
Red alert - Player need single for cycle

If a player needs a home run for the cycle, the level of the alert varies depending upon the determination of the Cycle Detection Warning System, which is headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.