The new "Power Poll" is out, and not much has changed, besides the Angels just reassuming their spot at the top after a one week "drop" to the 2 spot behind Boston. My Mets are "rolling" for lack of a better word, and after two 3-1 series victories in the past 8 days, I think some gloating is appropriate. But, I digress. There's a long season ahead, and as they proved 2 weeks ago, anything can happen. In the Bronx...well, I'm laughing to myself as I type this, but the Yankees are hopeless, hapless, and a complete joke. With that; this week's "Power Poll":
The "Fanatic" Power Poll (records as of 7/1)
1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (51-31, LW 2)
2. Boston Red Sox (49-31, LW 1)
3. Cleveland Indians (49-32, LW 6)
4. Detroit Tigers (47-33, LW 3)
5. New York Mets (46-34, LW 7)
6. Milwaukee Brewers (47-34, LW 4)
7. Seattle Mariners (45-33, LW 11)
8. San Diego Padres (46-34, LW 8)
9. Los Angeles Dodgers (46-36, LW 9)
10. Arizona Diamondbacks (46-37, LW 5)
11. Chicago Cubs (40-40, LW 17)
12. Minnesota Twins (42-38, LW 10)
13. Atlanta Braves (43-39, LW 18)
14. Oakland Athletics (43-39, LW 12)
15. Toronto Blue Jays (39-42, LW 15)
16. Philadelphia Phillies (42-40, LW 14)
17. Florida Marlins (38-44, LW 19)
18. Colorado Rockies (39-43, LW 13)
19. New York Yankees (37-41, LW 16)
20. St. Louis Cardinals (36-42, LW 21)
21. Chicago White Sox (35-43, LW 30)
22. Baltimore Orioles (35-45, LW 27)
23. San Francisco Giants (35-45, LW 22)
24. Texas Rangers (34-47, LW 25)
25. Pittsburgh Pirates (35-46. LW 28)
26. Houston Astros (35-47, LW 23)
27. Kansas City Royals (34-48, LW 26)
28. Washington Nationals (33-48, LW 24)
29. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (33-47, LW 20)
30. Cincinnati Reds (31-51, LW 29)
As I stated in my post yesterday, the All-Star picks and Power Poll will become a weekly staple of the "Fanatic" blog. Following this week, the picks and poll (yes, I know I promised that I woud think of something better than "Power Poll", but well, I didn't, so sorry) will be posted on Mondays in the same post.
Just to add a brief note about the last week in baseball, my Mets are starting to scare me a little. The team has won 3 of their last 15 games, and has played miserably overall, save the 3-0 gem in the first game against the Yankees on Friday. The scari-ER part of the whole thing- they're still in first place. I'd like to thank the Braves, Marlins, Phillies, and Nationals for that. We couldn't have done it without you. That being said, the Number 1 team this week is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Congratulations.
The "Fanatic" Power Poll (records as of 6/18)
1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (44-26, 6-4 L10)
2. Boston Red Sox (44-24, 7-3)
3. San Diego Padres (40-28, 5-5)
4. Cleveland Indians (40-28, 4-6)
5. Detroit Tigers (39-29, 6-4)
6. Arizona Diamondbacks (40-30, 4-6)
7. Los Angeles Dodgers (39-30, 5-5)
8. Oakland Athletics (37-31, 6-4)
9. Milwaukee Brewers (38-31, 5-5)
10. New York Mets (37-30, 2-8)
11. New York Yankees (35-32, 9-1)
12. Colorado Rockies (35-34, 7-3)
13. Philadelphia Phillies (36-33, 6-4)
14. Atlanta Braves (37-33, 4-6)
15. Minnesota Twins (34-33, 6-4)
16. Seattle Mariners (35-31, 5-5)
17. Toronto Blue Jays (33-35, 5-5)
18. Florida Marlins (33-37, 4-6)
19. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (30-37, 5-5)
20. Chicago Cubs (31-37, 5-5)
21. St. Louis Cardinals (30-36, 4-6)
22. Washington Nationals (30-39, 6-4)
23. Houston Astros (30-39, 6-4)
24. Pittsburgh Pirates (30-39, 5-5)
25. Kansas City Royals (28-42, 6-4)
26. San Francisco Giants (30-38, 3-7)
27. Cincinnati Reds (27-43, 5-5)
28. Chicago White Sox (28-37, 2-8)
29. Baltimore Orioles (29-40, 2-8)
30. Texas Rangers (26-43, 5-5)
