by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

ANAHEIM–Basically when you look at the National League West that is a weak division. You have the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the Central and Eastern division of the N.L. the Giants and Dodgers are stronger. There is talk that the wild card is going to come from the Central or the East in other words for the Giants to advance their going to have to win that division.

The Dodgers who have more talent and the Dodgers should win that division but the Giants are still there. One day one team is first place and the next team is taking turns with first place. This is going to be a battle that’s going to be decided head to head. When the Dodgers come to Dodgers Stadium and they go to AT&T Park it’s going to be decided that way.

The Dodgers have the best pitcher in baseball Clayton Kernshaw and Zack Grienke is having a great year. The Giants are a bit disorganized they were having trouble at second base, you don’t know what third baseman Pablo Sandoval is going to do, pitcher Tim Lincecum throws a no hitter than his next turn he blew it and he blew it in Miami on Sunday with a loss 3-2.

Lincecum can not pitch in hot weather and he even admits it and everytime he pitches in Miami he loses and he’s still human. The Giants present a little more difficult analysis than the A’s. The A’s are in the playoffs unless they suffer a collapse, the team is in first place and the Angels are only a game and half behind Oakland.

The A’s will definitely make it into the playoffs and they might win the division and then they might not. The A.L. West right now is the toughest division and the Seattle Mariners who are nine games out from Oakland. Oakland is first, Los Angeles Angels are second, Mariners are nine games out.

If the M’s were the Dodgers they would be right there and the M’s are nine games out in the A.L. West what does that tell you? The A.L. West is the toughest division in baseball and the three teams here are going to the playoffs. Whoever wins it will be second and third in the wild card.

The Angels are playing terrific ball, they really are. They have not lost two games in a row since June 15th and 16th. The Angels have played two extra inning games last Friday they went 16 innings and we were on the air for six hours and the Angels won 3-2. Saturday the Angels played 12 innings another four hour special and the Mariners who have the best pitching won 3-2.

The American League West can very well go right down to the end of the season.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish TV voice for Angels baseball and does News and Commentary for http://www.sportsradioservice.com