Major League Baseball Division Leaders Meet the Billboard Top 40

We’ve officially passed the quarter pole in the Major League Baseball season and although no one (except maybe the Dodgers) is a shoe in to make the playoffs, quite a few teams have worked hard to play themselves out of the playoffs. At The Angry T, we tend to focus on the positive, so today we’re only going to discuss the division leaders and contenders. Rather than just handed out our blah, and almost always spot on, analysis we’re going to bridge the gap between sports and pop culture like only we, and thousands of other blogs, can.

We took at look at the Billboard Top 40 and coupled all division leaders and current contenders to the Top 40 song that most describes their team and their season thus far. Take a look:

Detroit Tigers 30-251st Place AL Central – Don’t Trust Me – 3Oh!3 – As a Tigers fan, its hard for me not to get excited about the Tigers’ first place start.  I’m still reticent to trust anything that the Tigers have done thus far because Brandon Inge has done a significant portion of the offensive lifting for this team, a trend that I don’t expect to continue.  If Polanco, Ordonez and Guillen (when he returns) don’t produce, this team will have a very hard time making the playoffs.

Minnesota Twins – 28-30 Second Place AL Central – Sugarland – It Happens – Every year, regardless of the names on the back of the uniforms, it just happens, the Twins are in the mix in the central.  Ron Gardenhire for mayor, governer, or Jesus.

Chicago White Sox 26-30 Third Place AL Central – Beyonce – Halo – The circular halo looks a lot like a 0, a score that the White Sox have registered eight times this year. Their eight scoreless games are worst in the league as is their .220 average at home.

New York Yankees 33-23 1st Place AL East – Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas – The Yankees have been playing long ball as a result of playing in Cape Canaveral north at the New Yankee Stadium.

Chicago Cubs 28-26 Third Place NL Central – Kris Allen – Heartless – The Cubs have shown the world that they have the tools to make the playoffs with their play over the last two seasons.  The question, the eternal question for the Cubs in fact, is whether they’ll have enough heart to translate regular season success into post-season success.

LA Dodgers 39-20 1st Place NL West – My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson – Many believed that the Dodgers life would suck without Manny.  All Manny’s replacement Juan Pierre has done is hit .400 and steal 10 bases in his sted.  This song might also apply to Manny’s new life without the juice.  Time will tell.

Texas Rangers 33-23 1st Place AL West – Day N’ Nite – Kid Cudi – The Ranger of last year and this year are like day and night despite the fact that Home Run Derby hero Josh Hamilton has come back to earth in his second season back.  

Milwaukee Brewers 33-24 1st Place NL Central – All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell - Even though I dislike this song  greatly, I had to use it to give credit to the newest member of the Brewers bullpen.  Trevor Hoffman has soldified the Brewers pen with 14 saves and a 0.00 ERA while still employing his trademark “Hell’s Bells,” (see the connection?) entrance music

St. Louis Cardinals 31-26 1st Place NL Central – The Best I’ve Ever  (NSFW)- Drake - We may be watching the greatest hitter of all-time in Albert Pujols.  He’s top 5 in MLB history in OPS and slugging % and is number 12 in on base and so far he hasn’t even been caught with a bottle of winstrol in his locker. YIPPEE.   Not suprisingly he’s having another ho-hum MVP caliber season for his first place Cadinals.

Philadelphia Phillies 33-22 1st Place AL East – Miley Cyrus – The Climb – First and foremost, great song.  Second, the Phillies are in great position to “climb” the mountain again and give themselves a chance to repeat as champions.

New York Mets 30-25 Second in the NL East – Sean Kingston – Fire Burning - While Francisco Rodriguez has shored up the back end of their bullpen, Mets’ set-up man J.J. Putz continues to bring the gas can with him to the mound. Aside from that fire, the Mets have to be hungry as ever to put recent late season collapses behind them. In other words, they are burning with desire to make the post season.

Boston Red Sox 33-24 Second in the AL East – Jeremih – Birthday Sex - Could we get David Ortiz some birthday sex? This guy’s lack of performance has been talked about on every major news outlet in the Western Hemisphere.  He’s getting his eyes checked, he’s getting accused of experiencing the effects of getting off steroids and worst of all he’s being accused, by this writer, of probably being unable to please his wife. Hell, there’s no way I would be able to if the entire world was wholeheartedly doubting me.  David’s birthday is November 18 and that might be too long to wait, so hopefully someone can get this guy half-birthday sex.

There you have it, Major League teams and To 40 songs.  Let me know if you think missed any teams or had any ideas of your own.

The Angry T

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