The "Battle for Los Angeles" didn't turn out to be a battle at all. The Halos swept the Dodgers right outta the stadium. How the Padres lost to the Dodgers 2/4 at Petco is beyond me. It's incredible how the Padres are still in first place with that horrible record. Although the last NL games i've watched have been based on what team makes the least amount of errors *sigh*.

Anyways, the Angels are in first place, and have held it for almost the entire season so far. 'Nuff said. They are now a cushy 6.5 games ahead of the Rangers.

Meanwhile, the season is now nearly 1/2 over, and the Yankees still look terrible. As a matter of fact, Espn's power rankings don't even list the Stankees in the top 10...

Also, ESPN's RPI standings which compare a team's record to the strength of its schedule currently rank the Angels 2nd in all of baseball behind only the White Sox, and show that our .600+ winning percentage was compiled against the toughest schedule in baseball to this point. Not to mention the Angels have the lowest team ERA in baseball... Good times to come for this Angel ballclub.