1.   In the Pike Trophy, first division champions Bangor snatched a thrilling win at Porthmadog with just four deliveries to spare.

2.   And, incredibly, the Jets could emerge Sunday afternoon as division champions.

3.   Are the Atlanta Braves the Mets play this week the same Atlanta Braves who a little more than a month ago were being written off as former division champions?

4.   A split still leaves them in decent shape for the playoffs, as either the division champion or the NL wild-card representative.

5.   After round-robin play in the divisions, the division champions will meet for the title Saturday.

6.   Boston, his dream job, is not available because Kevin Kennedy had the unmitigated cheek to be in charge of a division champion.

7.   But when they would look up, they would see the Phillies ahead of them, in first place, division champions.

8.   Early last season, Brian Giles became part of the plan that has helped make the Cleveland Indians the perennial division champions they are.

9.   Even though the Mariners failed to repeat as division champions and league playoff finalists last season, awards keep rolling in.

10.   French striker David Trezeguet is moving from first division champions AS Monaco to Juventus. . . .