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A sweep of the Tigers.....9 wins in the last 11. Looks like there might be a deep end in the kiddie pool

And....as you say...stats don't lie - with that being said - the stats I just looked at said the Royals are the best team in Missouri......four games head to head with the other MO team this year and the Royals won three out of the four.....pretty impressive stat right there

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Yep--that is a stat alright and if the season ended today

"The best team in Missouri" would be cleaning out their lockers and setting up tee times while the 'second best team in Missouri" would be in the play offs

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp?ymd=20160817

Each team has 30 games to go and the above may change but the odds favor the "2nd best team in Missouri" making the playoffs

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/odds/index.php?dispgroup=league&submit=Go

Of course the 'best team in Missouri' just now got to .500 and earned the following:

Latest Vegas Odds to win 2016 WS
http://www.vegasinsider.com/mlb/odds/futures/


now the real question......y'all seeing any tealie birds ?

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Don't confuse who the best team in Missouri is with which team is right now positioned better to be in the playoffs this year...the stats you show above is playing teams outside of Missouri...surely you can't use statistics to make them play to your favor

Now....since you asked....went to see my Mom this evening. Crossed the River at Lexington and low and behold there were four of them little boogers sitting on a pothole next to the big muddy. First ones I have seen this year. Cold front coming through Saturday I guess they are ahead of it a couple days.