Trivial Matters

Problem Solved
In 1981 baseball had only two divisions in each league, but because of that season's eight-week midseason strike, four teams in each league qualified for the playoffs. (Baseball split the '81 season, and the division winners of each half met in October.) Fourteen years later baseball moved permanently to four playoff teams per league by realigning and establishing the current wild-card format. Which one of these members of the 1981 world champion Dodgers did not play in the new system that began in '95?

a. Steve Howe
b. Mike Scioscia
c. Alejandro Pe�a
d. Fernando Valenzuela

The Winners' Group
The A's are the only current American League West team to have won the World Series. Every other division boasts at least two champions. Which division consists of teams who've all won at least one World Series?

This Week's Matchup

Match the hitter with the single-season Division Series record he holds or shares.

1. Juan Gonzalez
a. Most RBIs

2. Ken Griffey Jr.
b. Most runs

3. Edgar Martinez
c. Most hits

4. John Valentin
d. Top slugging average

Call to Order
Put these players in order of career games played in the Division Series.