Just a quick fun fact I learned last night while listening to the Indians/Rangers game on the radio.  The Rangers have played 23 games against the Texas Rangers since Elvis Andrus made his debut. Andrus has gotten at least one hit in each of those 23 games.

Here is a really fun fact for your from Scott Cacciola of the Wall Street Journal.  (WSJ usually has a pay-wall up for their sports, but this article appears to be free.)
From the piece, about the Yankee’s Derek Jeter and Boston’s Tim Wakefield:
No active hitter-pitcher duo in Major League Baseball has faced each other more [...]

If you’re looking for a reason not to be productive, head on over to Flip Flop Fly Ball where you’ll find truly amazing baseball related info-graphics like this one which visualizes the 2009 MLB ticket prices:

Curtis Granderson blogged this week for Yahoo! about his own personal relationship with Ernie Harwell.  Harwell, the voice of the Tigers and for many within earshot of Detroit, the voice of summer, passed away earlier this week.  Granderson’s piece shows just what an impact an man like Harwell can have on those young people we [...]

Just for the fun of it I thought I would post the standings as of today, so in September we can look back.
American League

East
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_ale);

 Tampa Bay
14
5
.737
-

 New York
12
6
.667
1.5
143

 Toronto
10
9
.526
4.0
140

 Boston
8
11
.421
6.0
138

 Baltimore
3
16
.158
11.0
133

buildTitleRows(”alc”);

Central
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_alc);

 Minnesota
13
6
.684
-
-

 Detroit
10
9
.526
3.0
141

 Cleveland
8
10
.444
4.5
140

 Chicago
8
11
.421
5.0
139

 Kansas City
7
11
.389
5.5
139

buildTitleRows(”alw”);

West
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_alw);

 Oakland
12
8
.600
-
-

 Los Angeles
10
10
.500
2.0
141

 Seattle
9
10
.474
2.5
141

 Texas
8
10
.444
3.0
141

National League

East
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_nle);

 Philadelphia
11
7
.611
-
-

 Florida
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 New York
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 Washington
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 Atlanta
8
10
.444
3.0
142

buildTitleRows(”nlc”);

Central
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_nlc);

 St. Louis
11
7
.611
-
-

 Chicago
9
10
.474
2.5
142

 Houston
8
10
.444
3.0
142

 Milwaukee
8
10
.444
3.0
142

 Cincinnati
8
11
.421
3.5
141

 Pittsburgh
7
11
.389
4.0
141

buildTitleRows(”nlw”);

West
W
L
PCT
GB
E#

buildRows(standings_rs_nlw);

 San Diego
11
7
.611
-
-

 San Francisco
10
8
.556
1.0
144

 Colorado
10
9
.526
1.5
143

 Arizona
8
10
.444
3.0
142

 Los Angeles
8
10
.444
3.0
142