Baseball Update And Notes

One week before the well past halfway All-Star Game break, 4 teams have at least, fairly sizable division leads, in bids to, at least avoid the extra best of 3 playoffs round.

Detroit (Tigers), sans a W.S. win for 41 years leads its div by 13 plus games with baseball’s best record (57-34).

The defending champion Dodgers who can not blame being swept by the Houston Astros on sign stealing, as they have done in “el” past, do lead their “div” by 7, which in turn is the same lead aforementioned Houston has in its.

Chicago (Cubs), (11-0) Sunday night winners vs St. Louis, evoking the ’34 W.S. #7 final in a Cards win vs Detroit with Dizzy Dean pitching and the fact Mr. Dean hurled in World Series play for both the Cards and Cubs, lead their entity by games.

Top of my head Houston (5-1) to sweep L.A. is the same score by which they won #7 vs them, (both at L.A.) in the 2017 World Series.

George Springer currently with the Toronto Blue Jays, whose (7-0) homestand has moved them 3 ahead of the Yankees and Tampa Rays in their div (in the other East, the closest race this week before, shows the Phils up one plus, with the New York Mets second), led off #7/2017 World Series with a home run in the aforementioned Houston (5-1) win at L.A. to claim the crown.

Springer was that World Series award winner as most valuable player.