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From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Pennant Races (final)
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 11:53:10 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  6 11:53:10 1985
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The season has ended, and the Division Winners determined and duly crowned.
Speculation on LCS and World Series pairings is, given the current
state of affairs, moot.

Here follows, then, in order of decreasing suspense, a summary of the races 
that occurred the final week of the 1985 Major League Baseball season.


NL East: In the greatest collapse since the '64 Phillies, the Cardinals
	 fail in three tries to win a single game at home against
         the fifth-place Phillies, thereby abdicating first place 
	 to the surging Mets.
	 Congratulations to the Mets, who would have won this division
	 by at least 10 games in a 162-game season anyway.

AL Worst: The eleventh hour acquisition of Hendrick, Candalaria, and 
	 Holland apparently provided the difference, as the Angels fend 
	 off a last minute charge by the Royals.

NL Worst: Dick Williams' "Strike Strategy" backfires, and the Padres 
         instead eject themselves from the division race. 
	 Pete finshes a respectable second.
         The Dodgers win the title of this division, and along with it, the
	 right to return to the Major Leagues next year if they can defeat 
         the winner of the AAA Little World Series.

AL East: The mid-season re-entry of Earl Weaver and Billy Martin 
         was just not enough. Both clubs would have been better off
	 with Altobelli and Berra. But they would have been best off 
	 with Cox, whose Blue Jays walk away with this division.
	 Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians, who finish a game
	 and a half over the Albany Yanks of the Eastern League.


And with this, we wrap up yet another exciting season 
of Major League Baseball. As in years past, it`s now time to

			cd ../football

Look forwarding to seeing you all again around the time of the 
Winter Meetings, Fehr and McPhail notwithstanding.

raf
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