1.   And last year baseball went to a wild-card system which means that a team that did not win a division race can qualify for post-season play.

2.   And the pressure of nearly six months of a division race comes down to two days.

3.   And with three more to go against the struggling Twins, the Angels have an opportunity to make a move in the division race.

4.   Any combination of two Texas wins or Anaheim losses settles the only undecided division race in the major leagues.

5.   As with expanded playoffs in professional sports, the football division races add spice to end-of-season games.

6.   Baker, the San Francisco manager, also meant that division races were possible, one of which the Giants were still involved in at the time.

7.   Better to go back to the division races.

8.   Both the Astros and the Braves are involved in tight division races.

9.   A serious division race is on the way.

10.   A team that looked completely out of it a few weeks ago was suddenly back in the division race.