rodean@hpfclo.UUCP (rodean) (09/10/84)
It took a longgggggggggg time but they finally did it. Go Kansas City!!!! A.L. West (9/10/84 8:15 a.m. MDT) Top four teams only W L Pct GB Kansas City 73 69 .514 - Minnesota 72 70 .507 1 California 71 70 .504 1 1/2 Chicago 66 76 .465 7 Bruce Rodean {ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!rodean P.S. It may not last of course. No flames re "weak division". The Royals have been without Brett, Wilson, Balboni, White and others during part of the season all year long.
roy@hpmtla.UUCP (roy) (09/12/84)
The only thing the winner of the A.L. west is going to do is prolong their season by a grand total of three games.
lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (09/18/84)
* * The only thing the winner of the A.L. west is going to do is prolong * their season by a grand total of three games. * This is certainly an understatement. Only a Tiger fan can say that. However, Detroit even has losing record against Kansas City this year. Who knows what will happen in the League Championship Series? Remember 1980? The Yankees won 103 games that year and the Royals won less than 100 games. But who got into the World Series? Eddy Lor ...!ucbvax!ucla-cs!lor lor@ucla-cs
franko@houxz.UUCP (F.BASTRY) (09/19/84)
Don't bet the wife, kids and Sony that the Tigers are going to sweep the Western Division Champions. There have been numerous times in sports history when a mediocre team, that gets hot at the end of the season and wins it's division, knocks off a statistically superior team in the playoffs. One example is the N.Y. Mets knocking off the Reds in 1973. Then again, all this is void if the Royals win the division by losing. Frank Bastry houxz!franko .
gayde@ihuxp.UUCP (Peter Gayde) (09/20/84)
Just to clarify, Detroit does NOT have a losing record against Kansas City this year. They were 1-5 at Tiger Stadium and 6-0 at Royals Stadium for a 7-5 record. -- Peter Gayde AT&T Technologies Naperville, IL ihnp4!{iwu1b,ihuxp}!gayde (312) 979-7598
ajy@hou2b.UUCP (R.PEASE) (09/26/84)
A local NY sportswriter has said that the fact that the Tigers haven't had to play a "crucial" game or "crucial" series all season may hurt them in the playoffs. Make a lot of sense. Ken (why did the Cubs wait til I moved away?) Kretsch