A group of talking heads sit around a table. Voices can be heard rising above the chaos, the words becoming clear, one by one.
Then they repeat. On and on, the names circling one another, almost as if they are part of some inner cult that cannot be entered.
Of course, to some, these are the five American League teams which will make it to postseason baseball. And to those pundits, the standings show clear separation from the “top” of the league and the nonexistent middle-dwellers, the ones who aren’t really good but who you can count on to beat the Hector Santiagos of the world. Nowadays, the Los Angeles Angels, probably the poster child for the middle-dwellers, sit at 6 games back of the…
