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Article: 2007 American League division previews.
- Article from:
- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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THE AMERICAN LEAGUE HAS changed. It's no longer New York, Boston and 12 little brothers. Well, that's not necessarily so.
When it comes to payroll, New York and Boston still rule. When it comes to winning games, money can only take a team so far. Last year, the league's karma continued to shift from the A.L. East to the nation's breadbasket. The Twins, Tigers and White Sox all won 90 or more games in the A.L. Central.
No other division in the big leagues could match those numbers.
In the last two years, the A.L. Central is where pennants come to fly. The White Sox won the World Series in 2005 and Tigers reached it for the first time last year since 1984.
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