The Problem Of Divisional Play

Here are today's standings in the AL East: 

Baltimore Orioles (62-40) 
Tampa Bay Rays (62-43, 1.5 GB) 

Toronto Blue Jays (57-46, 5.5 GB) 

Boston Red Sox (55-47, 7.0 GB) 

New York Yankees (54-48, 8.0 GB) 

And here they are for the AL Central: 

Minnesota Twins (54-50) 

Cleveland Indians (51-51, 2.0 GB) 

Detroit Tigers (46-55, 6.5 GB) 

Chicago White Sox (41-62, 12.5 GB) 

Kansas City Royals (29-75, 25 GB) 

UGGGGGGGHHHHH.... 

The Yankees are a game better than the Twins. Why should the Twins have a distinctly better chance of making the postseason? It makes me want to throw something. 

Back before 1969, pennant races were decided by who won the most games in each league. The two league winners would then play each other in the World Series. There wasn't any interleague play or any other related nonsense; each team would play every other team in the same league the same number of times, so that each World Series representative truly represented the top team in each league. That's the way it should be.