MLB – Weird and Wonderful

Major League Baseball at times contains some weird and wonderful
things, not because of umpiring screw-ups or because players tend to get a holier
than thou attitude and do something really really dumb, but just because of the
pure mathematics of baseball.

Last night at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, was another
night where a sell out crowd got to see history in the making….

….Ryan Howard hit his 30th home run of the season and became
the first Philadelphia Phillies player to successfully achieve 5 consecutive
seasons with 30 HR’s and 100 RBI’s.

Things that make you say ‘Really’ in a sarcastic
manner –

The AL East has had more changes to the division lead than any
other division this year

The AL Central has all teams at or below .500 eliminated.

The AL West has only 1 team above .500

The NL West has 3 teams above .500 contending for the division
title

The NL Central has 3 of the 5 worst teams in the National League

The NL East has mathematics….

….the Mets season is officially over, yet right behind them in
the standing the Marlins cling to, well nothing really, but it gives  the
Marlins this weekend before the last remaining dozen or so fans stop going to
the stadium and with the sCrUBs in town chances are no ones going to the stadium
anyway.