Now that is an old school term. Now it’s Divison winner, ALCS or NLCS champion, you don’t hear “AL pennant winner” thrown around. Words and terms change, I read that they are thinking of only publishing the bible of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary electronically, with no printed edition.

So it is that I am 98% in favor of the current playoff system in baseball. But the neck and neck “race” between the Yanks and Rays definitely loses a lot of excitement since they both seem relatively assured of a playoff slot regardless. I don’t think anything should be changed, but we are losing a little fun nail-biting with how the AL is working out this year.