11.   Atlanta, which has won four straight division titles, will be returning to the World Series for the third time in five years.

12.   Atlanta should win its second division title and finish with the best record in franchise history.

13.   Atlanta wound up winning the division title by one game over the Dodgers.

14.   Battling the Atlanta Braves for the division title, Florida needed left-handed relievers to work its way through the likes of Chipper Jones, Fred McGriff and Ryan Klesko.

15.   Beat a team that was playing for a division title with the third-best pass defense in the NFL.

16.   Before missing the playoffs this past season, the Stars won five c onsecutive division titles and a Stanley Cup.

17.   Best of all, his teams won, capturing four division titles in five years.

18.   Bosman, however, was the pitching coach for a team that won three division titles in four years.

19.   A division title would leave no doubt who should win this award.

20.   A division title would only have delivered one or two more playoff games and would have heightened fan expectations to do it again.