# Who's gonna win the A.L. West?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-gonna-win-the-a-l-west/127813>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 10, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-gonna-win-the-a-l-west/127813 "2002-09-10T16:37:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-gonna-win-the-a-l-west/127813/21 "2002-09-21T23:36:23Z")

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Oh how I have to chime in!! I may live in Atlanta, where post season is a given, but I was born n raised in southern CA and the Angels are MY team!!

When they didn’t start doing the post All Star break slide I thought “Oh this is it! look out Yanks!” Since Day one of the season I’ve predicted them to take the Division. We will!!

I don’t want to settle for a wild card slot, but will the Angels in the post season any way we can get there! I wanna see the Yanks go down … and Anaheim can do it!

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-gonna-win-the-a-l-west/127813/22 "2002-09-27T03:50:40Z")

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We now have an answer to the question.

Go A’s

Western Division Champs

2002

2000  
1992  
1990  
1989  
1988  
1981  
1975  
1974  
1973  
1972  
1971

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**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-gonna-win-the-a-l-west/127813/23 "2002-09-27T05:22:06Z")

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**EJsGirl** , but since there are now three divisions, how do you propose the postseason go if there’s no wild card? There _has_ to be a wild card now.

And the Angels are it. 😉

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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-gonna-win-the-a-l-west/127813/24 "2002-09-27T19:53:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by kevja \*  
> \*\*We now have an answer to the question.  
> Go A’s  
> Western Division Champs
> 
> 2002  
> 2000  
> 1992  
> 1990  
> 1989  
> 1988  
> 1981  
> 1975  
> 1974  
> 1973  
> 1972  
> 1971 \*\*

Add up all the years the Athletics won their division and the sum is 23,807.

Let’s see, I’ll search for a meaning for that sum…

Google: [ul][li]Nasa Image #23807, a picture of the moon _(No Meaning there)_[_]Bride #23807, a 5’7" / 128# woman looking for an American sugar Daddy on a Russian Brides for sale website (No Meaning there either…and she’s way too Slavic looking for my tastes)[_]A medical case study of Recombinant human thrombopoietin _(Strike 3)_[/ul][/li]  
On the SDMB:[ul][li]Member #23807 is [st. tropez](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=23807). No location, no posts, _(and No Meaning either!)_[_]Post ID# 23807 is [a Comment on Staff Reports thread About Snakes.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=23807)_(…Hmmm, there could be a meaning there - but it’s a stretch)_[_]Thread ID#23807 is [A comment on Cecil’s Column entitled “squaw” an obscene insult? - revisited.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23807) _(Another Dead End)_[/ul][/li]  
I give up I guess there’s no prophetic meaning to the number 23,807

Wait a sec, that could very well be the year the **Boston Red Sox** finally win their first World Champion since 1918!

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