Standings through 8/30

The Astros have lost 48 of 56 games since June 28 and are turning this thing into a joke. We need a playoff system.

Team	W	L	GB
Houston	40	91	0
Chicago Cubs	50	80	-10.5
Minnesota	53	78	-13
Colorado	53	76	-14
Cleveland	55	76	-15
Miami	59	72	-19
Toronto	59	71	-19.5
Kansas City	59	71	-19.5
San Diego	61	71	-20.5
NY Mets	61	70	-21
Boston	62	70	-21.5
Philadelphia	62	69	-22
Milwaukee	62	68	-22.5
Seattle	64	68	-23.5
Arizona	65	67	-24.5
LA Angels	69	62	-29
LA Dodgers	70	62	-29.5
Detroit	69	61	-29.5
Pittsburgh	70	60	-30.5
Tampa Bay	71	60	-31
St. Louis	71	60	-31

Houston's magic number: 22

Eliminated from contention:

1. Washington, 8/23/12
2. Cincinnati, 8/25/12
3. Texas, 8/26/12
4. Atlanta, 8/28/12
   NY Yankees, 8/28/12
5. San Francisco, 8/29/12
6. Baltimore, 8/30/12
   Chicago Sox, 8/30/12
   Oakland, 8/30/12

Today's key games:

• Cin at Hou
• SF at ChN
• Min at KC
• SD at Col
• TB at Tor (Tampa Bay is eliminated with a win)
• StL at Was (St. Louis is eliminated with a win)
• Pit at Mil (Pittsburgh is eliminated with a win and a Houston loss)

Standings through 8/29

Team	W	L	GB
Houston	40	90	0
Chicago Cubs	49	80	-9.5
Minnesota	53	77	-13
Colorado	53	76	-13.5
Cleveland	55	75	-15
Toronto	58	71	-18.5
Kansas City	58	71	-18.5
Miami	59	72	-18.5
San Diego	61	71	-20
NY Mets	61	69	-21
Philadelphia	61	69	-21
Boston	62	69	-21.5
Seattle	63	68	-22.5
Milwaukee	62	67	-22.5
Arizona	64	67	-23.5
LA Angels	68	62	-28
LA Dodgers	70	61	-29.5
Detroit	69	60	-29.5
Pittsburgh	70	60	-30
Tampa Bay	71	59	-31
St. Louis	71	59	-31
Baltimore	71	58	-31.5
Chicago Sox	72	57	-32.5
Oakland	72	57	-32.5

Houston's magic number: 24

Eliminated from contention:

1. Washington, 8/23/12
2. Cincinnati, 8/25/12
3. Texas, 8/26/12
4. Atlanta, 8/28/12
   NY Yankees, 8/28/12
5. San Francisco, 8/29/12

Today's key games:

• SF at Hou
• Mil at ChN
• Sea at Min
• Oak at Cle (Oakland is eliminated with a win)
• ChA at Bal (White Sox are eliminated with a win)

Standings through 8/28

Team	W	L	GB
Houston	40	89	0
Chicago Cubs	49	79	-9.5
Minnesota	52	77	-12
Colorado	53	75	-13.5
Cleveland	55	74	-15
Toronto	57	71	-17.5
Kansas City	57	71	-17.5
Miami	59	71	-18.5
San Diego	60	71	-19
NY Mets	60	69	-20
Philadelphia	61	68	-21
Boston	62	68	-21.5
Milwaukee	61	67	-21.5
Seattle	63	67	-22.5
Arizona	64	66	-23.5
LA Angels	67	62	-27
LA Dodgers	69	61	-28.5
Pittsburgh	69	60	-29
Detroit	69	59	-29.5
Tampa Bay	70	59	-30
St. Louis	71	58	-31
Baltimore	71	57	-31.5
Chicago Sox	71	57	-31.5
Oakland	71	57	-31.5
San Francisco	72	57	-32

Houston's magic number: 25

Eliminated from contention:

1. Washington, 8/23/12
2. Cincinnati, 8/25/12
3. Texas, 8/26/12
4. Atlanta, 8/28/12
   NY Yankees, 8/28/12

Today's key games:

• SF at Hou (San Francisco is eliminated with a win)
• Mil at ChN
• Sea at Min
• LAN at Col

Standings through 8/27

Team	W	L	GB
Houston	40	88	0
Chicago Cubs	49	78	-9.5
Minnesota	52	76	-12
Colorado	52	75	-12.5
Cleveland	55	73	-15
Kansas City	56	71	-16.5
Toronto	57	70	-17.5
Miami	58	71	-17.5
NY Mets	59	69	-19
San Diego	60	70	-19
Milwaukee	60	67	-20.5
Philadelphia	61	67	-21
Boston	62	67	-21.5
Seattle	62	67	-21.5
Arizona	64	65	-23.5
LA Angels	66	62	-26
Pittsburgh	68	60	-28
LA Dodgers	69	60	-28.5
Detroit	69	58	-29.5
Tampa Bay	70	58	-30
Baltimore	70	57	-30.5
Oakland	70	57	-30.5
St. Louis	71	57	-31
San Francisco	71	57	-31
Chicago Sox	71	56	-31.5
Atlanta	73	56	-32.5
NY Yankees	74	54	-34

Houston's magic number: 26

Eliminated from contention:

1. Washington, 8/23/12
2. Cincinnati, 8/25/12
3. Texas, 8/26/12

Today's key games:

• SF at Hou
• Mil at ChN
• Sea at Min
• LAN at Col
• Tor at NYA (for elimination)