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Originally Posted by Rainger99
I don't follow baseball as closely as I did in my youth but I checked the standings today.
On July 4, the Atlanta Braves have the best record in baseball with a record of 57-27. AFter thirteen games, the Braves were 9-4. Tampa Bay, despite starting the season with 13 straight wins, has the second best record in baseball with a record of 57-31.
Every team in the AL East is at .500 or better (Boston is in last place and is 13 games behind) while the top team in the AL Central has a record of 44-43.
The Oakland Athletics have the worst team in baseball with a record of 23-63. They are 28 games out of first place!
The Phillies, who won the NL last year are in third place - 12 games back and the Houston Astros, who won the World Series last year, are 3 games back.
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Oakland doesn't care. They will have a new taxpayer subsidized stadium in Las Vegas.