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American League.
The division champions will be the Red Sox in the East, the Twins in the Central and the Mariners in the West with the Yankees holding onto their hopes of returning to the World Series with a wild card berth
OAKLAND HASN'T ADVANCED PAST the first round of the postseason for four years. Seattle has won 93 games in each of the last two seasons, but hasn't qualified for October. Anaheim, one year after winning the World Series, lost 87 games last season.
Speed bumps, yes, But those teams could always brag about one thing: the best baseball in the American League over the last four years was played in the West. Oakland and Seattle have averaged 98 wins a year from 2000 to 2003. When the Angels won the World Series in 2002, they needed 99 victories just to get invited to the party.
The A.L. West is still impressive, what with Anaheim signing Vladimir Guerrero, Bartolo Colon and Kelvim Escobar, but this year the best ball in the league will be played in the A.L. East. The order of finish in the East hasn't changed in six years. If Britney Spears stayed married that long, she'd qualify for a silver wedding anniversary body piercing.
The East's dreary routine seemed to discourage Toronto, Baltimore and Tampa Bay in their annual pursuit of the well-financed Yankees and Red Sox. But this off-season they were all active.
Toronto redid its starting rotation. Peter Angelos finally came out of his cave in Baltimore to sign shortstop Miguel Tejada, catcher Javy Lopez, first baseman Rafael Palmeiro and pitcher Sidney Ponson. The Devil Rays came up with a new infield and teamed Jose Cruz Jr. with Rocco Baldelli and Carl Crawford for an exciting outfield.
Unfortunately for the division's working class, the Yankees and Red Sox were just as busy. The Yankees imported National Leaguers Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez and Gary Sheffield to see if they could end their three-year World Series championship drought. Boston, working on a somewhat longer championship drought, traded for starter Curt Schilling and signed closer Keith Foulke.
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