The World Turned Upside Down
Apr 11th, 2008 by DoctorD
The legend goes that when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the British military band played a song called “The World Turned Upside Down,” because the greatest empire in the world had just been beaten by a bunch of gritty upstarts in tricorner hats. It’s like J.D. Drew suddenly waking up in the ALCS to hit a grand slam…
Nevermind.
Let’s take a look at what’s happened since we collectively woke up in Baseball Bizarro World.
American League East
Baltimore W: 6 L: 3
Boston W: 5 L: 5
New York: W: 5 L: 5
Tampa Bay: W: 4 L:5
Toronto: W: 4 L: 5
Comments: Bwuhhhhhhhhhhhhh? The Orioles are leading the division, the Yanks and Sox are at .500, and the two teams predicted to surprise a lot of people are fighting for last place. But the Orioles are leading the division. The Orioles Are Leading The Divsion!
American League Central
Kansas City W: 6 L: 3
Chicago W: 5 L: 3
Cleveland W: 4 L: 5
Minnesota: W: 4 L: 5
Detroit: W: 1 L: 8
Comments: Yes, the DIVISION LEADING ROYALS are fighting to fend off the SECOND PLACE CUBS while the Detroit Tigers languish behind the twins by five goddamn games. This isn’t right. I mean, on a deep, fundamental level, this simply isn’t right. This is dogs and cats living together, lions laying down with lambs shit.
American League West
Los Angeles: W: 6 L: 4
Oakland: W: 6 L: 4
Texas: W: 5 L: 4
Seattle: W: 4 L: 6
Comments: This is pretty expected. It usually takes time for the As perpetual quasi-rebuilding in the name of getting a new stadium to kick in and tank the season. I have faith Beane will just go “welp” after the All-Star break again, no matter how much I hate it.
National League
Comments: lol