Your Texas Rangers Sweep the Houston Astros out of 1st place in the division

Glass Half Empty / Afternoon Cloud: Again, there's a lot of baseball to be played.

Glass Half Full / Silver Lining: 2.5 games up is not something to sneeze at with less than a month to go. And the way they took over 1st place, by sweeping the division leader, is strong to very strong.

Plus, Prince and Beltre along with pretty much everyone else (Choo, Moreland, Napoli, Odor) look like they have found their groove at the plate.

And the defense looks strong up the middle. The pitching has been good (maybe not great but definitely good), Elvis and Odor turn double plays night in and night out that not too many tandems in MLB can and Gimenez (and others) and DeShields are good behind the plate and in CF respectively.

Thoughts / Observations / Sidenotes: Again. Wow. First. Place. Texas. Rangers.