The temperature is falling. The leaves are changing. Folks are playing football. But the most important time of the baseball season is fast approaching: Playoffs and World Series.
The Anaheim Angels became the first team to clinch a playoff spot yesterday as the lay claim to the American League West yesterday with a 4-2 victory of the NY Yankees combined with a Texas Rangers loss to the Mariners. And they still have 17 games to play.
Meanwhile Boston was closing in on the stumbling Tampa Bay in the AL East—until they lost their last two games—to the Devil Rays. The Rays have reopened a 2 ½ game edge again.
The White Sox hold a one game lead over the Twins in the AL Central race.
Over in the NL, the Mets have established a 3 ½ game lead over the Phillies in the East, the Cubs hold a 4 ½ game lead over Milwaukee in the Central, and the Dodgers are 3 ½ ahead of the Diamondbacks in the West.
In the Wild Card races, it looks like the Brewers hold a slight edge over the Phillies and Astros with the Cardinals an eyelash back in the NL. Boston leads Minnesota in the AL (although Toronto may still edge their way into the picture).
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