DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME

THE GREAT RACE                                                                                 Stan Musial: (1920-2013)

Las Vegas, NV (McM) And down the stretch they come. We have tight races in the America League North, East, and Wildcard. In the National League the races to watch are the East, South, and Wildcard. The only thing in question regarding the NL West is can all four teams win 90 plus. Now that would be the stat of the year.

In the AL North Milwaukee and Minnesota are tied with 3 to play, followed by Toronto (1GB). In the East we see the defending champion Boston one game behind Baltimore, last year’s divisional runner-up. Last year’s American League champion Kansas City is dominating the south division with an 18 game lead and 3 to play. It looks like the San Francisco Giants have locked up the number 1 seed with 103 wins. The Wildcard has Minnesota and Milwaukee setting the pace followed by Toronto (1 GB) and Oakland (3GB). The Athletics are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the second year in a row after winning the World Series in season 15.  

  

Looking at the National League we find the Detroit Tigers with a 6 game lead with 3 to play, wrapping up their third straight division title. In the East New York is leading the division by one game over Rochester followed by the Pirates 3 games back. In the south there’s a big log jam with Tampa Bay and Richmond leading Atlanta by one game. We will also like to note, the winner of this division could have 69 wins and 93 lost. So maybe it’s not a log jam, it’s just a jam, a little jam, very little jam, not even enough for a cracker. The San Diego Padres (102 wins) win the West and the number 1 seed. Two other western division clubs, Arizona and Colorado have sealed playoff berths with 94 wins each.   

This has been a very exciting season and it’s not over yet. Great races to the finish, good luck to all from the staff here at McCabe Magazine.

Stat of the Day (sent in by pbsilver11)

The Minnesota Twins have been out scored by 63 runs and the Twins are an amazing 23 games over .500.  

AL North (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11 *	91-68	0.572	-	7-3	W4
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	91-68	0.572	-	4-6	L3
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	90-69	0.566	1	4-6	W2
AL East (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	83-76	0.522	-	7-3	W1
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	82-77	0.516	1	5-5	L1
AL South (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	90-69	0.566	-	3-7	L2
AL West (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
San Francisco Giants	wylie715 *	103-56	0.648	-	6-4	L1
AL Wild Card (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	91-68	0.572	-	4-6	L3
Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11 *	91-68	0.572	-	7-3	W4
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	90-69	0.566	1	4-6	W2
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	88-71	0.553	3	7-3	W1
NL North (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	89-70	0.560	-	5-5	L1
NL East (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
New York Mets	basebalguru	90-69	0.566	-	4-6	W1
Rochester Broncos	coinguy	89-70	0.560	1	5-5	L1
Pittsburgh Pirates	lefty32	87-72	0.547	3	4-6	L1
NL South (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	68-91	0.428	-	3-7	L1
Richmond Virginians	sylemark	68-91	0.428	-	6-4	W4
Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	67-92	0.421	1	5-5	L3
NL West (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
San Diego Padres	jgarron	103-56	0.648	-	7-3	W1
NL Wild Card (Season 17)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB	L10	STRK
Colorado Rockies	axtell	94-65	0.591	-	5-5	W3
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	94-65	0.591	-	6-4	L1