2001 Standings – 120 Games:
Louisville has won 7 of 8 to squeak past Baltimore for the best record in the CBA. The magic number for the Colonels to clinch the division crown is 25. The four playoff teams in the Federal League seem to be all but decided. San Diego is in control of their division, while both Salt Lake City and Houston are on course to qualify for the playoffs as either a division winner or the wild card.
Cleveland and Charlotte have decent leads in the Patriot League, but neither of them is playing well right now so those races still bear watching. It will be a major upset if two playoff teams don’t come from the Atlantic Division, but which two? Boston is 24-9 since the All-Star break and New York refuses to go away.
Charlotte’s Jon Schultz is trying for the first Triple Crown in CBA history. He also threatens the single-season RBI mark of 171 set by Nolan Hamilton of the Boston Bombers way back in 1981. Houston’s Vincente Juárez is still flirting with the all-time record for batting average in a season, which is .375 set by Gilberto Garza of the Cleveland Rockers in 1996. (Garza is still active and now plays for Chicago.)