NL Central Retakes Position As Second-Best Division

NL Central yesterday: Cincinnati lost to the Dodgers, Milwaukee beat Toronto, St. Louis fell to Kansas City, Houston gave up an extra-inning battle to Baltimore, the Cubs lost both the game and Zambrano to Tampa Bay, and Pittsburgh couldn't keep up with the White Sox.

All in all, it was a pretty bad day for the NL Central. Yet they retook division place #2, since yesterday's second-place AL West also hit bottom:

A Mets 10th-inning home run beat the Angels, Florida trampled Seattle, Arizona absolutely blew away Oakland by 10 runs, and Texas didn't win at home against Atlanta.

As much as the league rankings show an American League dominance, it's nice to know that the NL is giving licks as well as taking them.

MLB League Rankings
1 - AL - 62.3%
2 - NL - 37.7%

Baseball's Top Ten Ballclubs
1 - BOS
2 - TAM
3 - CHW
4 - CHC
5 - OAK
6 - NYY
7 - LAA
8 - PHI
9 - TOR
10 - BAL

MLB Division Rankings
1 - AL-E - 100.0%
2 - NL-C - 49.4%
3 - AL-C - 48.5%
4 - AL-W - 46.7%
5 - NL-E - 39.6%
6 - NL-W - 0.0%

AL Power Ratings
1 - BOS
2 - TAM
3 - CHW
4 - OAK
5 - NYY
6 - LAA
7 - TOR
8 - BAL
9 - MIN
10 - DET
11 - TEX
12 - CLE
13 - KAN
14 - SEA

NL Power Ratings
1 - CHC
2 - PHI
3 - STL
4 - ATL
5 - MIL
6 - FLA
7 - ARI
8 - NYM
9 - PIT
10 - LAD
11 - CIN
12 - HOU
13 - COL
14 - SFO
15 - SDG
16 - WAS