It isn’t just that the Astros are playing trashfire teams coming down from hot streaks, Houston is really that good. For the moment, it looks like Operation Tank for damn near a decade then magically move to our damn division when it’s time to reap the rewards of those stupid tank years worked out. Neat.
It’s weird to a new face atop the standings. For an eternity in baseball time, this division has been dominated by the Angels or Rangers or when things are good, your very own A’s.
Seeing a new team atop the division makes me vaguely uncomrtable.