AL East? Try this on for size…

As we check the daily media outlets we will inevitably read something related to the epic struggles of those teams in the AL East…the O’Doyle of MLB divisions. Thus far, the Jays have weathered the storm fairly well but find themselves in 3^rd place. Going in to the season, numerous people around MLB were not considering the Jays as having a fighting chance in the AL. As the Jays continue to split series etc… people are starting to panic, countless discussions about the struggles of Lind, Bautista and the Bullpen are beyond prevalent but let’s be honest... We’re in it.

I have put together a hypothetical AL division. A division that, if we were to enter the season in this division, NOONE would have picked the Jays to be on top.

Team	W	L	PCT
Toronto	17	14	0.548
NY Yankees	16	14	0.533
Detroit	15	15	0.500
LA Angels	14	18	0.438
Boston	12	18	0.400

After wrapping your head around how terrible the Angels have been and how INSANE this division would actually be, we can hold our heads up a bit higher.  Do we see baseball authorities counting out the Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox, or Angels? NO!...well maybe the Angels.

The point of this exercise is to take a step back, realize that we’re winning more than we lose, and learn that we need to cheer for our boys throughout the summer hoping that they can continue!

Put the panic buttons away!

Go Jays Go!