Itýs the ALL STAR break. How does your team(s) fear so far? Texas with out AROD is the most surprising team so far this season. They lead the ultra competitive AL West. They can score runs in a hurry but does not have good pitching corps beside surprising Kenny Rogers. I do not think they can sustain the lead with their pitchers over Aýs young talented pitchers and Angels killer batting lineup. I think Angels is the team to beat in this divison. Their bench players did great job when their star players were hurt. Guillen, Valdimir and G. Anderson are formidable lineup. NL east is surprisingly competitive. I thought Phillies will have easy time to win the division. NY METS and ATLANTA BRAVES are playing great ball and FLORIDA MARLINS as always will be there. Kevin Milwood need to pitcher better and I still think Phillies will take that division. Disappointed teams in American League 1. After their promising year I thought Kansas City Royal will take the division. I was so wrong. Even after signing RBI machine Juan Gonzalez, they are pitifully in the last place with 15.5 games behind. They already shipped their all star outfielder Beltran to the Astros and will soon unload other players. Juan Gonzalez was supposed to lift the team but he has not played since May 2nd week due to strained back. 2. Baltimore Orioles is another disappointment. Owner Peter Angelos must be rethinking hard after the money he spent on to get the all star players. With the signing of J. Lopez, Tejada and Palmeiro they were suppose to compete with the almighty Yankees and Red Sox but they are sadly 17.5 games back. Sydney Ponson was supposed to be their ace but he is a big bust. He pathetically leads the major leagues in losses, hits allowed, runs allowed and earned runs allowed. First year coach Mazzilli seems to be in hot seat. Itýs sad to see his team struggling. 3. Others may disagree but I believe Boston Red Sox also belongs to this group. I really thought they will compete with Yankees this year. Many baseball pundits pick them to win the division but they are sadly 7 games back to Yankees after usual great start. History is not in their side, Yankees have never lost the division after 6 ý games lead. With their promising lineup and the addition of great pitchers in Curt Schilling, top notch closer Keith Foulke, they are still sturggling. They will have to compete hard with Aýs and Ranger just to get in as the wild card team. I have not watched that many Red Sox games. So far what I have seen is that this team does not have any chemistry at all. Coach seems to be scared with his star players. I feel for the coach. I think being the Boston red Sox coach is one of the toughest jobs with so much pressure to win over Yankees. Throwing the towel must be good idea or get the players like Clemens or Randy Johnson or they can trade the expiring contracts of Lowe, Nomar and others for the shake of competitiveness. Disappointed teams in National League 1. Houston with great batting lineup and addition of Amazing Roger ýThe Rocketý Clemens and his buddy Andy Petite supposed to be the team to beat in NL. Sadly they are 10.5 games behind St Louis Cardinals. I also thought Astros will represent the NL in the World Series, I was wrong by miles. Itýs surprising that Killer Bs with Jeff Kent are not producing runs as they used. I think they have the best 1-5 linesup with Biggio, Bagwell, Beltran, Berkman, and Kent, and they are still struggling. Petite stints in DL have hurt them and I still think they have great coaching core with Clemens, Oswalt and Wade Miller. It seems they will be unloading their players soon. Recently acquired all star Carlos Beltran seems to be the first one to be gone and surprisingly Clemens may get traded too (YANKEES??? RED SOX???) The NL Central is the toughest division in the league with Chicago Cubs and better Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers. 2. Another disappointing team is Diamondbacks. This is the another team I chose to lead their division. They are pathetically in the last place with 18.5 games back. Acquiring all stars Richie Sexon and once great Robbie Alomar didnýt help that much. Richie Sexon is on the disable list since May 23rd. They will soon unload their high flying center fielder Steve Finely and may unload the super Randy ýBig Unitý Johnson. It was so sad to see him having altercation with Louis Gonzalez, after him dropping the regular fly ball. Big Unit may have forgotten that Gonzalez is the one who hit the blooper to win him the only ring. You baseball fans donýt miss out the ALL Star game on Tuesday. Muhammad "Greatest of Alltime" Ali will be throwing the first pitch during pregame ceremonies.