With Apologies to Dallas Braden

After remarking that there was no end in sight to the Bay Rays' dominance, this happened. That is quite possibly the most poignant perfect game in baseball history.

New Standings for Mother's Day

Remember PSB fans, even the Seattle Mariners have mothers who love them. Good thing, too, because loving them has grown difficult for their fans this past week -- the M's have spent the last eight days losing all eight games they contested, though they kept most of them close. Their woeful performance has dropped them five spots in the Championship standings, the biggest change in position of any team in either grouping. The bottom four teams in both divisions remain their respective dregs, and the worst of the worst have worsened further yet. Pittsburgh are essentially treading water with a change from -79 to -82, and Baltimore took a slide from -40 to -52. Houston, however, have plummeted from -38 down to -61, wresting control of the penultimate place in the Championship away from the hapless O's.

The Rays and Yankees continue to prove themselves the class of baseball, and there's no end to their dominance on this season's horizon. The Twins, Giants, Cardinals, and Phillies are battling in the second tier of the Premiership, with the Rockies ready to join them. And what happened to the Angels? Is their pitching that bad, or have they just faced good teams? Updated standings based on current MLB records across all games as follows:

PREMIERSHIP STANDINGS (MLB)

POSITION	TEAM	GAMES PLAYED	WINS	LOSSES	RUNS SCORED	RUNS ALLOWED	RUN DIFF	Win PCG	Last Week
#1	Tampa Bay Rays	30	22	8	174	90	84	0.733	#1
#2	New York Yankees	29	21	8	175	102	73	0.724	#3
#3	Minnesota Twins	32	21	11	164	116	48	0.656	#5
#4	Philadelphia Phillies	31	19	12	165	120	45	0.613	#6
#5	San Francisco Giants	30	18	12	140	97	43	0.600	#2
#6	St. Louis Cardinals	32	20	12	141	101	40	0.625	#4
#7	Colorado Rockies	30	15	15	152	118	34	0.500	#7
#8	Toronto Blue Jays	32	18	14	152	136	16	0.563	#11
#9	Texas Rangers	31	17	14	142	131	11	0.548	#9
#10	Florida Marlins	31	14	17	144	142	2	0.452	#10
#11	Chicago Cubs	32	14	18	153	161	-8	0.438	#8
#12	Atlanta Braves	31	13	18	121	133	-12	0.419	#12
#13	Los Angeles Dodgers	30	13	17	153	171	-18	0.433	#13
#14	Boston Red Sox	31	15	16	156	174	-18	0.484	#14
#15	Los Angeles Angels	32	14	18	130	169	-39	0.438	#15

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (MLB)

POSITION	TEAM	GAMES PLAYED	WINS	LOSSES	RUNS SCORED	RUNS ALLOWED	RUN DIFF	Win PCG	Last Week
#1	San Diego Padres	31	19	12	137	97	40	0.613	#1
#2	New York Mets	31	17	14	137	120	17	0.548	#2
#3	Milwaukee Brewers	30	14	16	173	159	14	0.467	#6
#4	Detroit Tigers	31	17	14	149	146	3	0.548	#4
#5	Oakland Athletics	31	16	15	131	128	3	0.516	#3
#6	Arizona Diamondbacks	31	14	17	167	183	-16	0.452	#7
#7	Washington Nationals	31	17	14	129	146	-17	0.548	#8
#8	Cincinnati Reds	31	16	15	147	168	-21	0.516	#10
#9	Chicago White Sox	31	13	18	129	151	-22	0.419	#9
#10	Seattle Mariners	30	11	19	94	123	-29	0.367	#5
#11	Cleveland Indians	29	11	18	106	144	-38	0.379	#11
#12	Kansas City Royals	31	11	20	128	168	-40	0.355	#12
#13	Baltimore Orioles	32	9	23	107	159	-52	0.281	#14
#14	Houston Astros	31	10	21	85	146	-61	0.323	#13
#15	Pittsburgh Pirates	31	14	17	113	195	-82	0.452	#15

Next weekend: the moment you've been anticipating. Updated True standings next Saturday!