A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report #99...O's @ RANGERS as DEMPS tries to get it started for TEXAS...BRONX BOMBERS @ PALE HOSE...could be a Preview of OCTOBER 2012 Winning Time

As we head to Late August the Plot definitely thickens a the Top AL Series on Tap to start the Week are in Arlington, Texas and the Windy City.

First up Buck Showalter's Orioles who come in 6 Game back of the Yankees and a 1/2 Game up in the AL Wild Card as the #2 Seed. They take on the Rangers who gets some of their Mojo back in Toronto thy lost in that horrid 4-Game Set in the Bronx Zoo. Rangers lead the AL West by 5 Games over the Athletics and they are 1.5 Games back of the Yanks for the Best Record in the AL. Every Game counts as we get close to the 2012 Fall Classic Tourney.

O's @ RANGERS

August 20, 2012
BAL Gonzaez (5-2) vs TEX Dempster ( 6-6) 8:05PM ET

August 21, 2012
BAL Tilman (5-2) vs TEX Feldman (6-8) 8:05PM ET

August 22, 2012
BAL Hunter (4-7) vs TEX Holland (7-6) 8:05PM ET

The Rangers need to keep pace with the Yankees and forget about the A's and Halos. Ditto for the O's as they need to concentrate on the Yanks and Rays and the Wild Card will be theirs for the taking.

The Yankees come into Chi City on a High Note as they made quick work of the Disgruntled and Beantown's Favorite MLB Soap Opera..."Bad Bobby V. at Fenway". The White Sox on the other hand are trying to stave off the surging and going to be in your Rear View Mirror until October...the D-Town Tigers.  The all important 3-Game Set from New Comiskey off the Dan Ryan Expressway.

BRONX BOMBERS @ PALE HOSE

August 20, 2012
NYY Garcia (7-5) vs CWS Floyd (9-9) 8:10PM ET

August 21, 2012
NYY Nova (11-6) vs CWS Liriano (4-10) 8:10PM ET

August 22, 2012
NYY Hughes (12-10) vs CWS Sale (14-4) 8:10PM ET

The Bombers will throw some pretty good arms at the South Siders in the 3-Game Set with Nova coming into his own. The Pale Hose throw an up and down Gavin Floyd, a Trade Deadline Pick Up from Rival Twins in Liriano, and AL Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Nominee Chris Sale. Both Teams know whats at stake as they push hard to the AL Pennant.

Note: Schedule and Numbers from MLB.com