I cannot believe the Yankees would let him go like that! I am amazed at the fact that a manager that brings the franchise 4 world series titles, is now gone. What are they doing down there. The next guy that comes in, will have a tougher road. There is no way you replace a Joe Torre, with his track record. How are you going to offer a 1-year, 5 million contract with incentives to make the World Series. Steinbrenner should get all the blame on this one. Well it should be an interesting season in 2008.

 Well I am not surprised by Garner getting fired. What I am surprised at is. What took so long, he should have been gone before the all star break. But I really can't blame him in this instance. His GM (who also got fired) pulled some lopsided trades with Colorado, of all teams Colorado! I don't get this guy, they didn't even have a pick in the first 2 rounds of the draft this past June. What could Phil do about it, his hands were tied. His team didn't sign Andy Petitte or Roger Clemens (both gone to the Yankees), so he had to work with a not-so-talented roster. The Astros was just in the World Series, not too long ago. Now they are in the basement (last place) of the NL Central division. Oh, how the mighty have fallen, especially in Houston, Texas. I believe the Astros will be back one day, it just won't be any time soon. See you in the  2012 world series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Oh, thats right they won't be there, either!

  Well Billy Bean has got to be wondering what went wrong in the ALCS. His manager gets fired, and everybody has got to be wondering what happened? Ken wasn't even on the hot seat. He did what he had to do, and that was make the playoffs. I just am surprised that he gets fired after taking the Athletics to the ALCS, and the Yankees don't fired Joe Torre. Torre didn't win a playoff series, but he don't get fired. Something about this doesn't seem right? Well, they did have a great comeback in the 2nd half of the season. But it seemed like something bad was about to happen. Getting swept by Detroit was totally unexpected! Well maybe they should bring Art Howe back or something. But this is clearly a huge setback for Oakland. By the way, Oakland is not a good sports town and that just prove it. Is there anybody that wants to prove me wrong, go ahead!!!

  Well as the playoffs begin to sort itself out, we know there is one team that is not going. The Chicago White Sox (thank goodness for that), are not going to make it. At this point, they have 11 games left, and it would be tough to jump over 2 teams in the standings. But the White Sox shot themselves in the foot, by not winning the games that they needed down the stretch here! Also, another team out there will not make the postseason is the Atlanta Braves. Now you know I could not leave that alone. There problem was early bullpen woes. So it cost them to make history! So they will officially be eliminated from postesason contention on Thursday . I know I will not be shedding any tears for them.Well the Dodgers are going back and forth between having the wild card or the division title. Hey LA, choose one already! Well at least the Yankees and Mets are going, because this puts a hectic on the postseason TV schedule. Which basically means a new york team every night for as long as they are in it. So that is it for me, feel free to comment Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!

Standings Divisional | Expanded

American League East Division Team W L Pct GB Home Road L10 Strk Magic # Red Sox 53 33 .616 - 27-10 26-23 5-5 L1 74 Yankees 50 36 .581 3 26-17 24-19 6-4 L1 80 Blue Jays 49 39 .557 5 29-17 20-22 5-5 W2 81 Orioles 41 49 .456 14 24-21 17-28 4-6 W2 89 Devil Rays 39 50 .438 15 ½ 22-20 17-30 5-5 W1 91 American League Central Division Team W L Pct GB Home Road L10 Strk Magic # Tigers 59 29 .670 - 26-14 33-15 6-4 L1 73 White Sox 57 31 .648 2 33-14 24-17 6-4 W1 77 Twins 47 39 .547 11 30-10 17-29 6-4 L1 87 Indians 40 47 .460 18 ½ 23-23 17-24 5-5 L2 94 Royals 31 56 .356 27 ½ 19-23 12-33 6-4 L2 103 American League West Division Team W L Pct GB Home Road L10 Strk Magic # Athletics 45 43 .511 - 24-22 21-21 3-7 L3 75 Rangers 45 43 .511 - 25-25 20-18 5-5 W1 75 Angels 43 45 .489 2 19-23 24-22 8-2 W3 77 Mariners 43 46 .483 2 ½ 24-24 19-22 3-7 W1 77

AL Wild Card Team GB White Sox - Yankees 6 Blue Jays 8 Twins 9 Athletics 12 Rangers 12 Angels 14 Mariners 14 ½ Indians 16 ½ Orioles 17 Devil Rays 18 ½ Royals 25 ½

National League East Division Team W L Pct GB Home Road L10 Strk Magic # Mets 53 36 .596 - 27-18 26-18 6-4 W2 63 Phillies 40 47 .460 12 21-26 19-21 5-5 W2 87 Braves 40 49 .449 13 21-23 19-26 7-3 W2 87 Marlins 38 48 .442 13 ½ 18-20 20-28 3-7 L2 89 Nationals 38 52 .422 15 ½ 20-24 18-28 5-5 L3 89 National League Central Division Team W L Pct GB Home Road L10 Strk Magic # Cardinals 48 39 .552 - 26-17 22-22 5-5 W3 71 Reds 45 44 .506 4 20-22 25-22 2-8 L2 79 Brewers 44 46 .489 5 ½ 29-20 15-26 4-6 L3 80 Astros 43 46 .483 6 28-22 15-24 5-5 L3 81 Cubs 34 54 .386 14 ½ 14-25 20-29 5-5 W3 90 Pirates 30 60 .333 19 ½ 20-24 10-36 3-7 L2 94 National League West Division Team W L Pct GB Home Road L10 Strk Magic # Padres 48 40 .545 - 23-24 25-16 7-3 W5 73 Dodgers 46 42 .523 2 28-18 18-24 6-4 W1 77 Rockies 44 43 .506 3 ½ 22-22 22-21 5-5 L3 79 Giants 45 44 .506 3 ½ 23-20 22-24 5-5 L1 78 Diamondbacks 43 45 .489 5 19-23 24-22 6-4 W3 80

NL Wild Card Team GB Dodgers - Reds 1 ½ Rockies 1 ½ Giants 1 ½ Brewers 3 Diamondbacks 3 Astros 3 ½ Phillies 5 ½ Braves 6 ½ Marlins 7 Nationals 9 Cubs 12 Pirates 17