31.   In adopting the new format, Major League Baseball wanted to enhance division races.

32.   In Anaheim last Tuesday night, he dominated the Angels for eight innings as Texas took command of the division race for good.

33.   In terms of the division race, no.

34.   It does take two to turn a division race upside down.

35.   It is almost impossible for the Yankees to find a way to lose the division race.

36.   It was not a loss, thank goodness, especially with the division race and the playoff implications.

37.   KEY TO SEASON Unless Bonds, Williams and some of the pitchers have super seasons, the Giants could be left behind in the division race.

38.   Losing the division race probably will mean missing the playoffs.

39.   Most likely right in the middle of the division race.

40.   Most affected from the standpoint of the division races were the games that had Philadelphia at Atlanta and San Francisco at Houston.