[Sylvanfan]

Oakland has been a strong second half team for like 6 years now. They always have good pitching, and usually at this time of year is when teams with good pitching hit their stride. With Harden just coming into form, and Zito finding his game again, I'd say Oakland is my pick to take the Wild Card berth, if not run down the Angels for the Division. Look at Houston in the NL. They were a ways back in May. Now they're almost tied with Washington/Atlanta for the Wild Card. Again another team that has great pitching that came on in the second half last year and looks to do the same again.