As far as baseball goes, the National League West is usually comprised of some pretty good teams. This year it's a whole other story. The first place team is one game below .500 and only leads by 5.5 games, that is just sad. It is also sad because the Giants are doing so poorly, that they are in second place. The good news is, is that they still have a chance of winning the NL West. They have 14 games left to play and 4 of them are with the first place Padres. It sure does make for some exciting baseball. I feel a bit bad for hard working teams that have way better records but have no chance of going to the playoffs. Nobody from the NL West deserves to go, but someone has to, so it might as well be the Giants.

Here's hoping they kick the crap out of the Dodgers this afternoon.