- Halifax has the division and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs locked up.
- Atlanta and Baltimore both clinched playoff spots this series, but the division has not yet been decided. Atlanta's magic # is 6, and they play Baltimore in 6 of the final 9 games.
- Nothing clinched in the World League yet. London's recent hot streak has put them 2.5 up on Scotland with 9 to play. Scotland and London do not play again this year.
- In the Far East, Taipei is 6.5 up on Osaka, but some tepid September play has delayed the Tai Fong clinching their second straight division title. Scotland leads the Wild Card by three games over Osaka.
- Congratulations to Paris' Hee-Seop Choi, who is the first player in SLB history to hit 500 career home runs. Hank Blalock looked like the man to do it, but he's had a power outage recently, while the red hot Choi zoomed by to grab the honor. Choi leads the league in HR this season as well (52).
- Choi is also the first hitter to reach 1500 RBI.
- Halifax's Johan Santana joined the 200 win club this week. Only Prior (240), Sabathia (224) and Williams (208) have more career victories.
- Cap Jackson has broken his own Stolen Base record with 111 swipes on the year to date. Gregory Burns is on pace to break his record for strikeouts.
- Who is going to win the RHOY award? It's anyone's guess, as the league has seen it's best rookie class in history. Some candidates to consider:
- Morton Henrikksen (ATL) - .311, 42 HR, 119 RBI
- Matthew Hamman (CLE) - .311, 33 HR, 80 RBI
- Stan Ford (KYO) - .275, 34 HR, 77 RBI
- Ben Parker (OSKA) - .299, 39 HR, 109 RBI
- Truck Chakales (OSKA) - .309, 37 HR, 83 RBI
- Shuhei Iwata (TAI) - .303, 26 HR, 89 RBI
- In an exciting battle for 3rd place, KYO and CHNG play 6 more times down the stretch. Who can avoid the cap hit? The league is eagerly anticipating this thrilling race.
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