NY Observer > Detroit Tigers http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/29393/feed Articles from Observer.com en Why the Baseball Standings Suck http://www.observer.com/node/33510 Something's wrong with the baseball standings in the papers and online.

No one's interested in reading the classic divisional standings; we know who won now, only two out of six races are in play, Detroit vs Minnesota in the AL Central, and LA vs San Diego in the NL West. Baseball fans are interested in the Wild Card standings, but when you click on these, you see Minnesota way ahead of Chicago in the AL and Philly edging ahead of LA in the NL. These are false standings; they leave out San Diego and Detroit, which are actually in contention for the Wild Card.

Someone should come up with a better way of presenting the standings, as an Expanded Wild Card, where a division leader is included with an asterisk, or it says: Top Two Finishers Go Through to Playoffs. As it is, the papers are just wasting space.]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33510#comments Detroit Tigers Minnesota Minnesota Twins San Diego Padres Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:46:28 -0400 Observer Staff 33510 at http://www.observer.com Stritch at Carlyle: 80 and Singin' http://www.observer.com/node/51340 Rumors that Elaine Stritch has a heart of marble are greatly exaggerated.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51340#comments Arts & Culture Caf Carlyle Detroit Tigers Elaine Stritch Evelyn Ryan Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 51340 at http://www.observer.com Stritch at Carlyle: 80 and Singin’ http://www.observer.com/node/37698 Rumors that Elaine Stritch has a heart of marble are greatly exaggerated.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37698#comments Arts & Culture Detroit Tigers Elaine Stritch Jane Anderson Terry Ryan Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 37698 at http://www.observer.com Democrats Still Need Reagan's Supporters http://www.observer.com/node/49507 It was quite the day.New Yorkers woke up and learned from a New York Post front-page "exclusive" tha  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/49507#comments Sports Detroit Tigers John Edwards John Kerry New York Yankees Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:00:00 -0400 Hank Sheinkopf 49507 at http://www.observer.com A Local Hero Vanishes, Mystery Shading Into Myth http://www.observer.com/node/46517 Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy , by Jane Leavy. HarperCollins, 256 pages, $23.95.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46517#comments Arts & Culture Detroit Tigers Jane Leavy Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax Sun, 29 Sep 2002 20:00:00 -0400 Ben McGrath 46517 at http://www.observer.com Let Me Be Your Guide: I Understand Bush Men http://www.observer.com/node/44439 When I started this column about 15 years ago, in the first issue of this paper, I called it "The Mi  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44439#comments Detroit Tigers Texas Texas Rangers Sun, 20 May 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Michael M. Thomas 44439 at http://www.observer.com In Irving's Apolitical Land of Unwanted Children http://www.observer.com/node/42503 Lasse Hallstrom's The Cider House Rules , from John Irving's screenplay and based on his novel, repr  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/42503#comments Arts & Culture Sports Detroit Tigers Hank Greenberg New York Giants Wilbur Larch Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:00:00 -0500 Andrew Sarris 42503 at http://www.observer.com Whatever He Is, Spacey's Damn Good … Are You Sitting? Costner's Great, Too http://www.observer.com/node/41983 Whatever He Is, Spacey's Damn GoodAmerican Beauty may be the best movie of the year.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/41983#comments Arts & Culture Detroit Tigers Kelly Preston Kevin Costner Kevin Spacey Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 41983 at http://www.observer.com