MLB Power Rankings: Are the San Francisco Giants Divine or Diabolical?
There are 10 major league baseball teams that have between 25 and 26 wins at the beginning of week nine. Five more have at least 23 wins. To quote a great physicist, which by the way has nothing to do with this column, these teams are neither divine, nor diabolic.
But the reality of these numbers are divine.
In a league criticized as much as it is for its lack of salary discipline, to have 50 percent of the league in contention a quarter of the way through the season is an absolute anomaly.
Sparky Anderson, the great manager of the middle to late 20th century, once said that the true judge of a team comes only after they have played 40 games.
Well, here we are, and look at the ...
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