The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim won the American League West by 21 games in 2008, a margin 13 1/2 games wider than the next largest difference which was the Chicago Cubs’ 7 1/2 game lead over National League Wild Card winner Milwaukee. With the departures of some key Angels and the acquisitions of some big name players by the other teams in the West, the race will tighter, but don’t expect Texas, Oakland or Seattle to leapfrog Los Angeles who should capture their fifth division title in six years.
Oakland Athletics
31 March 2009
25 March 2008
ame. Well, thanks to the Manny/Moss combo, the Boston Red sox eked out a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics.
Considering that Dice K was the Japanese version of The Wild Thing (5 walks and a hit batter in 5 innings) he managed to pitch a decent game by numbers, only allowing two hits, two runs and struck out six. But after getting the first batter of the game Travis Buck to ground out to second, Matsuzaka reverted to his 2007 inconsistencies.
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