Ever wonder what Angels’ history would look like had the three division format ruled the American League for longer? No? Well, we hadn’t really either.
But over at The Hardball Times, Brandon Isleib examines just such a scenario.
Revising history, Isleib determines that the Angels would have won additional AL West titles in 1984 and 1985 and an extra wild card berth in 1989 (and, apparently, Doug Rader would have been considered a good manager).
When do the playoffs start?