The time for the Angels to extend their lead to an unreachable one is now. The Angels begin there road trip tonight against the Baltimore Orioles and continue next week with the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays. All below .500 teams. The Texas Rangers on the other hand, over the next two weeks will face the Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Ray, and New York Yankees.

If the Angels can extend their division lead it will give Mike Scioscia a chance to set the playoff rotation and get the team healthy. Many of you may be concerned that like last year this will cause the Angels to lose their fire and hurt our playoff chances. I don’t believe this is a legitimate concern. After all the Angels have been through, and the way this team is built I don’t think we have anything to worry about. Everyone in the Angels lineup can hit. This is not something we have seen since 2002.

- Tony C