In the sport that claims the to be the home of the “boys of summer”, the boys are playing and winning while the dogs are becoming what they really are. The Texas Rangers have officially become the Texas Rangers again. No pitching to be found, players are becoming disabled faster than in Iraq, and the bats are silent. I know that this is my home team and that is the team I follow closest, for the others how about the Yankees treading water, the Phillies hanging on, the Brewers, the Cards, the Astros (maybe), the D-backs and Dodgers.

As I see it now, I have 7 stories of interest:

1 - Rays for real?
2 - Angels, can they be stopped?
3 - Red Sox, can they make it?
4 - AL Central?
5 - Mets, Phillies, Marlins?
6 - How will the Cubs fail?
7 - NL West and NL Wildcard?

Baseball is an endurance race and I am fading in the middle a little bit. I can see the last mile or so and am excited about the finish but I am conserving my energy.

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