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Los Angeles Dodgers15-2 July, 54-38 Overall, 1st Place, National League West
Do you like this, Dodger fans? Is this sweet? Is winning against the Angels, Snakes, and Astros a measure of the team's mettle, or is it just a run through weak teams like last year's interleague streak versus the Tigers and Indians? The Dodgers face a weak lineup of Colorado and a slumping San Diego to end the month. We could really put some distance between us and the Giants here. Stay tuned.
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San Francisco Giants9-8 July, 54-42 Overall, 2nd Place, National League West
The message here is, don't get cocky. We've seen leads change hands many, many times here: the Giants are just as capable of going on a tear as the Dodgers are of slumping. Losing to the now-division-leading Dodgers (though not at the time) didn't help, and neither did time spent with cross-bay rival Oakland. Neither did a series loss to bottom-feeder Colorado. The Giants will play the weakened Padres and streaking Cards for six games and five games respectively to close out the month.
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Chicago Cubs8-9 July, 49-44 Overall, 3rd Place, National League Central
If you believe Cub Reporter, the dream of winning the division is over. The Cards absolutely crushed the injury-riddled Cubs this month; Chicago is 1-4 against St. Louis, 10 games back of the division, two and a half games back in the wild card. Will the Score Bard's dream of a Cubs Wild Card come true?
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Anaheim Angels8-8 July, 49-44 Overall, 3rd Place, American League West
.500 ball isn't terrible if the Red Sox are one of your opponents, but getting swept by the Indians at home just smells too much like a team that's going nowhere. The momentum from consecutive road sweeps of the Chisox and the exceedingly weak Blue Jays was snuffed out by the delay from the All Star break.
Is it time to start thinking about that big D-Mac callup?
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Texas Rangers9-7 July, 53-38 Overall, 1st Place, American League West
What's gotten into the water in Texas? For one thing, they played the deer-in-the-headlights Astros, won the series with Cleveland, swept Toronto, and split with the Red Sox. Will Billy beat these guys to the top -- again?
Note: There may be synchronization issues on some of these standings, as I picked them up from MLB.com, which doesn't always reflect the most up-to-the-minute numbers. My apologies if there are any errors.
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