For reasons I cannot fathom, I found myself checking the American League Wild Card standings today. Earlier this season it seemed inevitable, just based on mathematical odds, that one of the five or six contenders for the second wild card would surge forward and win ninety games or so. Now, as we approach the last thirty games of the season, the odds of that happening seem a lot longer than they once did. The fact that a team with eighty-five or so wins may slink into the postseason opens up to possibility that a team currently still below .
Cleveland Indians: The Wild Card and Julia Roberts
