American League Update

The most certain baseball playoffs qualifier at the moment is Cleveland (Indians).

The team has a 13 game lead and almost certainly will win a third straight “one eighth” division title and their tenth such first place finish, in this the 24th possibility.

In the other two A.L. divisions, Houston with a one and a half game lead, hosts second place Oakland tonight in the first of a three game series.

With a “wild card safety net in place for both teams, 40 years later, the Yankees have again gained significant ground on the Boston Red Sox, in one weekend.

Boston with baseball’s best record lead the Yankees, with baseball’s second best mark, by 6 games, 5 in the loss column.