  There is hope throughout the baseball land once again, that the mighty Goliath can indeed be slain by little old David. The downtrodden, overshadowed Mets swept the invincible Yankees this week. The sad part is, it has not affected the Yanks position in 5-for-5, our weekly rankings of the top 5 teams in both leagues: American League 5 1. New York Yankees (50-29) 1st East (Last week: 1) 2. Oakland Athletics (46-34) 1st West (4) 3. Boston Red Sox (43-37) 2nd East (2) 4. Texas Rangers (45-34) 2nd West (3) 5. Chicago White Sox (42-36) 1st Central (NR) The suprise of course was the Mets sweep of the Yanks, but before that the New York Yankees dismantled the Red Sox, sweeping them in 3 games.
That pushes down Boston one notch in the AL 5 with the Athletics grabbing the 2 spot with a record of 7-3 in their last 10 games. National League 5 1. St. Louis Cardinals (49-32) 1st Central (1) 2. Chicago Cubs (46-35) 2nd Central (2) 3.
San Francisco Giants (45-37) 1st West (3) 4. Philadelphia Phillies (43-37) 1st East (NR) 5. San Diego Padres (44-37) 2nd West (NR) The Mets got back into the NL East race by sweeping the Yanks, but not well enough to crack the renowned NL 5. At this point, I hope to see the Cubs pitchers facing off against Pujols, Rolen and Edmonds for the NL Championship. What a way to really light a fire into the rivalry, huh??? (Illinois might have to secede from the United States after civil war breaks out) ( urlLink MLB Standings after July 4 games. ) Pinetar Players A weekly review of the top batter and pitcher of the past week. Pinetar Batter urlLink M. Teixeira (Tex-1B) 5 HR, 11 BI, .385 The youngster is just one example of why Texas has a bright future ahead. Pinetar Pitcher urlLink E. Gagne (LA-RP) 3 Sv, 6 K, 3 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0.33 WHIP Gagne's save streak continues at 84 straight saves in a row over 2 years. 
