A few facts about the Indians

No matter what happens the next two days, the Indians will finish April in first place in the American League Central.Today, the Indians were the only AL Central team to win. The stumbling Twins got blown out TWICE today and the Tigers couldn't beat the Mariners at home. The White Sox lost to the Yankees and the Royals lost to the Tribe.The Indians are currently the best team in the American

Yes. An April Twins/Indians Series is BIG!

It seems counter intuitive to call any series in April big. The Indians will have 144 games left after today and the Twins have lots of time to recover from their injuries.But I will argue this is a big series for both teams. Cleveland is off to a hot start. Is this an April fluke, like the Royals in 2009? Remember how the Royals were in first place in Mid May? You probably don't. They finished

Anticlimax at the clincher

The Minnesota Twins clinched the American League Central Division tonight. The moment it happened the crowd was... indifferent.And the players on the field... shook hands and quietly walked off the field.Because the Twins weren't playing when they clinched the Division. They had already come from behind against Cleveland to win their came and cut the magic number to 1.And the A's were beating up

The Last Stand for an A.L. Division Race is in Chicago

There are plenty of legit playoff races happening in the National League right now. The Phillies currently have the National League's best record and would have home field advantage through the World Series... and yet are only 2 games in the loss column away from missing the playoffs all together. The Braves, Phillies, Padres, Giants and Rockies are all within 4 games of each other and 2 will be

You can put it on the boooooard... YES!

Good people of Minnesota, I swear I have nothing against you.But I gave a fist pump when I watched Gordon Beckham's homer give the White Sox the lead in the 7th inning tonight.I want one of those vintage "163 games to decide the AL Central" races this year and that wasn't going to happen if the White Sox couldn't beat Baltimore.Now the White Sox are only 3 games back in the loss column.Make it