M's determining playoffs

The sweep of the Angels still left the M's staring up at the rest of the division, but you know Oakland, Cleveland, Boston and the Yankees fans cared. Will the A's or Angels win the division? I'm sure the Angels would love to have 3 losses replayed against one of the worst teams in baseball.

Did the Angels take the M's lightly, or are the M's simply playing good ball? I would have to say the latter. Instead of mailing in the last month of the season, the M's are playing entertaining ball. They have decent energy, and for the most part look like a professional baseball team. Credit to Hargrove again for keeping the players focused.

Of course watching this team in September does make you wonder how they will ever win a game. Check out this offensive juggernaut-

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I know batting average is an empty stat, but we also know the M's have ZERO power and don't walk, so how else are they going to score runs? This lineup is so full of auto-outs and replacement level futility it is amazing the M's could sweep anyone.

Seriously, this is one of the worst offensive teams the M's could cobble together. When you think how much Ichiro, Sexson and Beltre make and look at the entire M's payroll together, the M's offense is just embarrassing. The FO must be ashamed looking at what they run out there for ~$90 million.

And yet they swept one of the better teams in baseball.

Go figure.