Hello, Duane.  Quoting your message to Ray Smith:
 DB> Texas has a solid team this year, and I really don't think anyone
 DB> in the AL has enough to stop them from making it to the series...
     While you were busy choosing frames for your rose-colored glasses,
     that "solid" team has dropped eight of its last ten, including a
     four game sweep by their nearest pursuer.  In a little over a week,
     while the Rangers have been pulling their traditional late-season
     collapse, Seattle has won eight of ten, and now is only two games
     back--and just one in the loss column.
     
 DB> I also think they'll beat Atlanta... unless of course, Atlanta keeps
 DB> on their skid and doesn't make it!  
 
     Before last night's loss to Montreal, Atlanta had won four straight.
     If the Braves are in a skid, Texas is free-falling.
     
... I have to stop now.  My fingers are getting hoarse.
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