The RANGERS may be 1-GAME PLAYOFF Bound...NATS and RED LEGS play for Best Record on SENIOR CIRCUIT with 2 to play...BRONX BOMBERS lead O's by 1 Game with 2 to Play for AL EAST Crown..A Cup of JOE in the SHOW Report #168

Don't look now but the Texas Rangers have found themselves in a Must-Win before the AL Fall Classic Tourney Begins. The Bronx Bombers lead by One Game with Two over the Charm City Orioles. The Red Legs and Nats battle over the Best record on the Senior Circuit as they are Tied with Two to play. MLB Heads have never seen finishes like this which adds to the Winning Time Drama and "Out of the Milky Way Galaxy" TV Ratings.

The Texas Rangers lost last night to the Oakland A's as the A's clinch a Playoff Berth but the Rangers lost more than that. With Two Games to play and Only a 1 Game Lead on the A's the Rangers instantly go into Playoff Mode like a Bear in Hibernation...ASAP. The Rangers Ramifications if they lose the AL West:

1. They automatically go to the 1-Game Playoff which as we go to press looks like the Baltimore Orioles.

2. They also lose Home Field Advantage throughout the AL Playoffs as they are tied with the Yankees for the AL's Best Record. Yankees hold the Tiebreaker as they won the Head to Head vs Rangers for 2012.

3. A possible Rematch with the A's for the AL Pennant with the A's holding the Home Field.

The Red Legs and Nationals are all knotted up at 96-64 with NL Home Field Advantage at stake. The Red Legs have to deal with a Hot Redbirds Team that has won their last 12 out of 14. The Nats are going up against a Phillies Team that is out of the race but no done competing. In the NL know one wants to face the Gigantes and their Starting Pitching now that the Nats have shut down Strasburg for 2012.

The Bronx Bombers hold a 1-Game Lead over the Orioles and the Yankees nor the O's want to have 162 end in a 1-Game Playoff. The Orioles the way things are holding up now will play the Athletics in a 1-Game Death Match.

The Yankees must win out to avoid the O's of having any chance to capture the AL East Crown and secure Divisional Round Play.