So could the Toronto Blue Jays if they do not figure out how to become a division contender again.

American League East Let the division contender who is without question throw out the first exclamation point.

That the division contenders will play each other next weekend was not designed to create an exciting finish to the season.

Despite injuries to some of his key players and far less talent than many teams, Garner has the Brewers playing like a division contender.

And they were division contenders all those times.

Cone (9-5), coveted by several division contenders, gave up just four singles and won his third straight start.

Calipari said his players understood their potential and the evolutionary process involved in becoming a division contender.

By 1998 the Jets were a serious division contender.

Their progress should have the division contenders, whoever they are, concerned.

In the last 50, the three division contenders will play each other seven times.