share-square-610395 The late writer Hunter S. Thompson once said, “with the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as objective journalism.” While that’s a debate we’ll (perhaps wisely) leave for another day, it is fair to assume that if Thompson would have thought to include “baseball standings” in that formulation, he would have. That is the beauty of the standings page, after all: It simply tabulates who wins or loses, and that's it. “You are what your record says you are,” said legendary NFL coach Bill Parcells, who probably was not friends with Hunter S. Thompson. The standings are pure, unadulterated facts.