Take 2 Roundup: Games of Mon, 1/21/08

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[size=24:7b717e6e60][b:7b717e6e60]GEORGE BELL TOLLS FOR THEE[/b:7b717e6e60][/size:7b717e6e60]
[size=18:7b717e6e60]Walkoff Blast Keeps Blue Jays Flying High[/size:7b717e6e60]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/george_bell_2_150x216.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="216" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> As a break from the big train wreck that is the NL East, we check in with the relatively calm, yet still close, AL East race. George Bell's 14th homerun of the season was of the walkoff variety, propelling the division-leading Blue Jays to a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=896]dramatic 2-1 win over the 4th place Brewers[/url] on Monday night.

The Tigers were off on Monday, but the Yankees were busy handing a good old-fashioned butt-whoopin' to the hapless Red Sox. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=895]Tommy John dominated Boston for the second straight start[/url], going the distance and enjoying support from the Bombers' 6 homeruns en route to a 13-1 shellacking. New York slugger Dave Winfield hit his head on a passing, low-flying seagull, and is listed as day-to-day.

Ever since Toronto took over the AL East lead from the Tigers a month ago, it's never relinquished it, but Detroit and New York have kept up the pace win-for-win, hovering menacingly close at 2.5 and 3.0 games out, respectively. One gets the feeling that this race will be this close until Game 162.

[i:7b717e6e60]photo: SN Archives[/i:7b717e6e60]