A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report #71...JUNIOR CIRCUIT Power Rankings for those moving towards the FALL CLASSIC....BRONX BOMBERS, PALE HOSE, and RANGERS with KEYS

The Calendar has hit an important month for all parties involved in the Show. It is August and Winning Time is 60 plus Days away as the races tighten up and the Power Rankings will show the Pretenders and Contenders.

The Bronx Bombers have struggled after the Break but had a big enough cushion to ward off the AL East Chasers. The Rangers look as though they are playing to Keep the Lead instead of Plying to take the AL West as the halos and A's have jumped in the Whip. The Pale Hose gave the Tigers a week or so a go a Taste of the AL Central Lead then dropped the Tigers off at the MEGA Bus Stop for 2nd Place.

The Junior Circuit Power Rankings for August 2012 is sponsored by...if your Scoreboard Watching this Early in the Race you should have your Locker cleaned out because the Show doesn't take Non-Believers.

AUGUST 2012 AL Power Rankings

1. Bronx Bombers 60-43...they need to start Pitching
2. Rangers 59-43...they need a 2out of 3 to send Halos a Message
3. Pale Hose 56-47...Is Liriano enough to Capture AL Central

WILD CARD

1. Halos 57-47...they are Confident and EL HOMBRE #5 is Hot
2. A's 56-47....with No Invite Out of Nowhere to Crash the Party

3. O's 55-49...Showalter has kept them within Striking Distance
4. Tigers 54-50....Verlander can't do it by his lonesome
5. Rays 54-50...Maddon has done Wonders but they need Longoria ASAP

6. Carmines 53-51....something tells me they will be 3 Games back Labor Day

7. Jays 51-52..Wild Card is Only Hope
8. Tribe 50-53...AL Central Crown Only Hope

The Rangers and A's are going after the AL West and rightfully so. The Tigers and Tribe are also going after the pale Hose as though the chasing the Halos and A's at the Pace they are currently on is unfathomable.  

The Rays need their Star Hot Corner Evan Longoria ASAP as they have held their Record together with Pitching Only.

With EL HOMBRE aka the Orange County Freeway Hammer Albert Pujols getting Hot and Trout and Trumbo aka TNT also doing damage can the ranger stop the Halos from running away with the AL West?

Bronx Bombers go get Ichiro when they should have went after Dempster. The rangers made that move but is it enough for that Pitching Staff to get them the AL West Crown? Bombers struggling....      

Note: Numbers from MLB.com