Those Tigers might have slipped a little, but they're still the best of the bunch...

1. Detroit (1) – The weekly superlative: Posted franchise’s best record ever after 113 games.
2. New York Yankees (3) – Not so fast Yankee haters. The boys from the Bronx are gearing up for another October run.
3. New York Mets (2) – With Anna Benson (and hubby) now in Baltimore, Paul LoDuca’s love life a god send for tabloids.
4. Chicago White Sox (5) – Not to say they can’t win the division but Ozzie Guillen is more likely to win the Nobel Prize than that happening.
5. Minnesota (6) – No Francisco Liriano, no hope of staying in the wild card hunt.
6. Oakland (7) – Forget Nintendo, it’s the A’s who own the Mariners.
7. Boston (4) – Instead of playing “Sweet Caroline” at Fenway they should play “Slip Sliding Away.”
8. Toronto (9) – Injured pitcher Gustavo Chacin has been on the shelf more than his brand of cologne.
9. St. Louis (8) – A boxing analogy: They’re in rope-a-dope mode but luckily, they don’t fight any hard punchers.
10. Los Angeles Dodgers (15) – Let’s see. They went from dead-to-first under Grady Little? Isn’t that supposed to work the other way around?
11. Cincinnati (11) – Hard to believe a team with four ex-Mariners can contend for a playoff spot.
12. Los Angeles Angels (13) – Will go as far as their young pitchers (Santana, Weaver, Saunders) will take them.
13. Arizona (12) – Shortstop Stephen Drew (.337) making good first impression.
14. Texas (14) – Snohomish’s Adam Eaton looks good in beating Mariners on Thursday.
15. San Diego (10) – Trevor Hoffman is a 30-11 player: 30 saves in MLB-best 11 seasons.
16. Houston (18) – No joke, Reds, but I’ve got a funny feeling Astros will win the NL wild card.
17. Philadelphia (21) – Ryan Howard has shot at Mike Schmidt’s homer (48) record.
18. Seattle (16) – If the AL West were a fiesta, the Mariners would be the pinada.
19. Colorado (17) – Jeff Francis fashions eye-popping 2.19 ERA since All-Star Game.
20. Milwaukee (20) – Sausage race adds chorizo … do we call them the Cervezas?
21. Florida (22) – Hot rumor has manager Joe Giradi taking over Cubs in 2007.
22. San Francisco (19) – With a 19-game stretch vs. NL West, they’ve still got a shot.
23. Atlanta (23) – We’re wishing they would have asked waivers on Chip Caray.
24. Washington (25) – Just wondering if D.C. fans are still excited to have a team.
25. Chicago Cubs (27) – Hoping pitcher Rich Hill can be like Kerry Wood and Mark Prior … minus all the injuries.
26. Cleveland (26) – So far, Mariners look to have missed the train on Shin Soo Choo, who is hitting .340 for Indians.
27. Baltimore (24) – No tears were shed at Camden Yards for the ending of the Javy Lopez Era.
28. Tampa Bay (28) – Manager Joe Maddon is top pick on the all-quote team.
29. Kansas City (30) – Sarcasm alert! All things are possible now that Mike Sweeney is healthy.
30. Pittsburgh (29) – No juice in Houston: Pirates go 0-6 at Minute Maid Park.