nl west is a "one-man race"

[west coast orange and black]

bruce jenkins of the sf chronicle believes that as bonds goes, so goes the division, not just the giants:

"The short version is simply this: If Bonds plays a reasonable amount of games -- say, 120 -- the Giants make it to October. If his knees send him back to the netherworld of embarrassing news conferences and misleading information, the Giants will be too old to make a difference.

"Never underestimate the impact of Barry Bonds."


here's the article, which includes his as-of-now nl west predictions.