Greetings From Peoria and Playoff Race

An oddity in that we stayed in Burlington last night, then drove into Peoria this morning.  From what I understand, there were not enough hotel rooms at the team hotel last night, so we had to stay one extra night in Burlington.  Whatever...it all works out.

Below is a look at the standings entering play tonight with nine to go in the first half.  (Note: Due to rainouts, not every team will play 70 games and some teams have doubleheaders still.  As we get closer to the finish of the first half, the picture will become a bit clearer, but for now, I will only mark a team as mathematically eliminated if they have no hope of catching the wild card).

Eastern Division (Top Two Make Playoffs)

Team	W	L	GB
Lansing	33	25	--
Great Lakes	33	27	-1.0
Bowling Green	33	28	-1.5
South Bend	31	29	-3.0
Dayton	29	31	-5.0
Lake County	27	33	-7.0
West Michigan	27	33	-7.0
Fort Wayne	26	33	-7.5

Mathematically Eliminated: None

Western Division (Top Two Make Playoffs)

Team	W	L	GB
Burlington	41	20	--
Quad Cities	33	27	-7.5
Wisconsin	32	28	-8.5
Peoria	30	30	-10.5
Beloit	30	30	-10.5
Cedar Rapids	28	32	-12.5
Kane County	26	34	-14.5

Mathematically Eliminated: Clinton.