Scorecard

EAST

Baltimore 1-3
Detroit 3-1
Boston 6-1
New York 15-1
Cleveland 25-1
Milwaukee 50-1

WEST

Oakland Even
Minnesota 2-1
California 6-1
Kansas City 10-1
Chicago 20-1
Texas 50-1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST

Pittsburgh Even
Chicago 2-1
New York 4-1
St. Louis 5-1
Montreal 30-1
Philadelphia 60-1

WEST

Los Angeles 7-5
Cincinnati 9-5
San Francisco 5-2
Atlanta 6-1
Houston 10-1
San Diego 60-1

As usual, some of the Nevada prices seem strange indeed. The oddsmakers could not believe the 1971 collapse of Minnesota in the American League and Cincinnati in the National. And they have some faith that California, sans Alex Johnson, will snap back, too. They were not overly impressed by the promising showings of Kansas City and Chicago in the American League West, and seem to feel that San Francisco's divisional championship was a snare and a delusion. The prices, particularly on the pennant races as a whole, are heavily on the side of the house. Oh, well.