1.   Only Oakland, among the six divisional leaders, does not rank among the top eight teams in one of those two categories.

2.   September for divisional leaders is not about talking.

3.   The best of the lot appears to be the Mariners at the Diamondbacks, which at least is a battle of divisional leaders.

4.   The victory kept the Angels six games behind divisional leader Seattle.

5.   A divisional leader, providing his analysis of the polls, alluded to the question of money politics.

6.   He called on divisional leaders to explain to the people the rationale of avoiding a contest.

7.   Ibrahim also said the willingness of the Umno divisional leaders to compromise, reflected their maturity.

8.   The dialogue was to brief divisional leaders on the current economic situation, the steps taken to resolve them and why such measures were undertaken.

9.   The purpose of the meeting, he added, was to enable the divisional leaders to understand what the Federal leaders were doing to solve the problems.