Jim Kosimor of Michigan State fame congratulated the Oakland A's for winning the America League West on his Yahoo Talk show the other night. He mentioned at the time that all the experts that visit his show were talking about the Angels and Rangers and no one thought the A's could do it. Wrong! Look at my blog at the start of the season and I picked the A's to win the AL West by 7 games. They cinched the other night with a 7 1/2 game lead. They win because they believe in Earl Weaver strategy of the three run homer.
I also said that the Giants would not repeat but was wrong in predicting the Padres to win the NL West. At that time I didn't realized that the Dodgers would bring up a player named Puig who set the league on fire. He even woke all those over priced Dodgers who up to that time were just going through the motions in between their trips to the stock exchange. The rest is history showing that 220 million can buy a championship. The Dodgers will be taxed $7 million this year for exceeding baseball salary cap. The Yankees will be taxed some 29 million because they are repeat offenders. With a higher tax hanging over their heads the Dodgers may not be quite so free with their money with the salary cap set at some $189 million for next year.
Have your noticed the silence? For weeks we heard how Pablo had lost 25 lbs. Now I look on television and he looks like he gained most of that weight back. If he has gained the weight back you can tell Pablo "bye 'bye baby!
Homer Sweeney
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