http://laist.com/2005/09/27/west_champs.php All comments for West Champs en-us 2008 la_jeremy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2005/09/27/west_champs.php#comment-146119 http://laist.com/2005/09/27/west_champs.php#comment-146119 Comments Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:00:21 -0800 <p>Eh, I dunno. The trouble I have with the Indians is that they get to pad their numbers with the likes of the Royals and Tigers; that's 36 games or so intradivision that the West sees maybe 12-18 games or so. Ideally, the four-team AL West is a hornet's nest, as in 2002, with three strong teams and one not-so-strong team. As an example of this, Texas is 25-15 vs the AL Central this year, and would probably be in contention if they lived there. Even the AL East is a little suspect, because there's three sub-.500 teams in that division, though Toronto's within hailing distance. The Red Sox seem to have the Angels' number, though; if there were one club the Angels don't want to face in the postseason, it's Boston. Pitching troubles or no, the Angels for whatever reason match up well against the Yanks, and could make a nice run if the Yankees, rather than the Sox, win the AL East.</p>