Barring a few small miracles, the Angels will be starting the playoffs in Boston next week. In fact, it could be official as soon as tomorrow. For the Angels to get home field advantage in the first round they would have to a) Sweep Oakland, and b) have either Boston or Cleveland go winless in their last 4 games.
As of right now, here are the playoff matchups
Angels (3) @ Red Sox (1)
Yankees (4) @ Indians (2)
Current AL Standings (Including Wednesday 9/26/07)
BOS 94 64 .595 --- 4 Games Left(4 vs MIN)
CLE 94 64 .595 --- 4 (1 at SEA, 3 at KC)
LAA 92 67 .579 2.5 3 (3 at OAK)
NYY 91 67 .576 3.0 4 (1 at TB, 3 at BAL)
*Boston owns the tie-breaker against Cleveland by winning the head-to-head matchup 5-2 this season.
AL Batting Leaders (Including Wednesday 9/26/07)
Chone Figgins currently has enough plate appearances to qualify for the daily batting leaders. His .336 average puts him in 4th place in the AL, just a few percentage points ahead of Jorge Posada. To qualify for the end of the season rankings, Figgins still needs 9 plate appearances in the Angels final 3 games.
1) .359 Magglio Ordonez (1-for-2 today)
2) .350 Ichiro Suzuki (2-for-6)
3) .340 Placido Polanco (1-for-4)
4) .3364 Chone Figgins (0-for-3)
5) .3360 Jorge Posada (3-for-6)
(Link to original post on Figgins and plate appearances.)
Chone does lead the American League in one category: caught stealing. He's been thrown out 12 times in 52 attempts. There are three National Leaguers with more, so he's not leading the majors.It's a strange statistic considering the record for being caught is 42 and was set by Rickey Henderson in 1982. That happens to be the same year that Rickey stole 130 bases - also a record.
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