MLB has a new leader of the pack

There are 30 teams competing for their piece of the pie in Major League Baseball. On a typical day, 15 teams will lose an outing.

This year, every team is taking their share of losses. Look at the current American League West, not one team - Texas, Seattle, Oakland, nor the LA Angels, have a win streak going. For a while, the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central were leading the pack, so to speak, but they have fallen off the wagon, losing seven of their last 10 games.

The St. Louis Cardinals, with Tony La Russa at the helm, top the MLB standings with 38-26 record. And the Cards aren't exactly running wild, winning just six of their last 10 games. As for each divisional race, no more than a two-game differential in the loss column separate the first and second place teams. Talk about parity.

As for our Arizona Diamondbacks, they'll take on the Florida Marlins today, sporting a 34-29 record, five games above the .500 mark. At the end of the spectrum, the Houston Astros are a dismal 24-39, a .381 winning percentage.