On Monday the Oakland A’s and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (or whatever… sigh) began an early season battle for early season supremacy in the American league East. From where I sit on the East Coast of the United States, this seems very interesting because everyone knows Anaheim has started out well this season but no one really hears much about Oakland. In fact, if someone didn’t take the time to look at the standings then they’d probably think the Angels were in control of the AL West.

However, if you look at the standing right now, you’ll see that it’s the A’s that stand atop the division. That’s because Oakland absolutely pummelled the Angels on Monday by a score of 14-2.

Not only did that win move the A’s into first place in the division but it also gave te A’s the best record in the American league. And the next best team in the league is the Angels.

And that’s yet another interesting point. It seems that ESPN and other sports outlets want to spend their time focusing on the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, and maybe the Chicago White Sox. But it’s the A’s and the Angels who are the class of the entire league so far.

So what has happened to the Red Sox? Weren’t they just owners of the best record in the American league?

Well, yes they were. But thanks to a current losing skid (five games), they’ve now fallen down to the middle of their division. And suddenly they are only 3 games over .500. They better watchout because they have the Toronto Blue Jays coming to Fenway and if they keep losing they’ll find themselves in the basement of the American league East when the Blue Jays leave Boston.