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Supremacy in the AL has shifted to left coast

Ryan Dempster of the Texas Rangers delivers a

Photo credit: Getty Images | Ryan Dempster of the Texas Rangers delivers a pitch against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. (Aug. 2, 2012)

With the Yankees and Red Sox settling into a period of wary detente for the immediate future, a new arms race has developed on the opposite coast in a power grab for supremacy in the American League West.

Among the things that Tuesday's non-waivers trade deadline taught us, it's become clear that the Rangers and Angels have replaced the longtime AL East combatants in trying to outdo each other...

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