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It is a testament to the allure of the home run that this is widely considered to be a great–even an epic–baseball season despite the promise of just one compelling pennant race–in the American League West.
In the opinion of Johnny Oates, manager of the Rangers, the AL West race will be determined in the last seven days, when Texas comes west to play Anaheim and Seattle. “And I’m not saying it’s only going to be between two teams,” he added with a smile.