I was able to catch a little bit of the A's v. Devil Rays game. Not the most interesting of all matchups, and I couldn't find much to tell you about it. Other than the fact that, if one wants to make baseball games more interesting, perhaps they can take after the Oakland Athletics fans, and create their own percussion section at each game. I'm not kidding about this - if done right, you could almost pull off that whole major college sporting event feel.
Recall that last year, the Padres finished 82-80 -- after a hot streak to end the year -- and won the NL West. The fact that the division is terrible is certainly not something new. But here is what's scary - the Dodgers, who have won 12 of their last 13 games, are now in the lead in the NL West. By 10 games? 5, at least? You'd like to think that would be the case, but sadly, it's not. In fact, quite the opposite is true. After Arizona's loss tonight, and pending the outcome of their own game, the Dodgers are in the division lead by exactly one game. However, the Diamondbacks aren't the only thing chasing the Dodgers; so is number .500. Right now, the Dodgers are exactly three games above .500, despite winning - again - 12 of their last 13 games. I don't need to tell you what will happen if a team with any fewer than 85 wins takes the NL West. Well, first, no one besides me will care. At least, not as much as I do. *Edit, 11-16-08: LA and SD both won the division with an 88-74 record. That means LA had to go 40-19 to pull off the win, or 28-18 since this post was written.
We'll have more thoughts tomorrow - in fact, it's quite possible that I will just be watching baseball games all day tomorrow; now that I'm done with work, there aren't a huge amount of things to do for the next week.
The NL West: Citizenship Revoked - March 19, 2006
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