Last year, they were 29 games behind the division leader.
The division leaders then met in a best of three final series for the championship.
On Monday night, the 49ers won the battle of division leaders, 7-3.
Another consideration is how you would list a division leader.
Would you list the division leader as, say +3 in the wild card race if it were three games ahead?
The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division leaders.
And the other division leaders can't come close to the Orioles' success in this area.
Of the six division leaders, the Nets now have the worst record away from home, 10-16.
Only the four division leaders have separated themselves from the pack.
We're a little over a week into the season and who had these two teams pegged as early division leaders?