In TV land, they usually rip out the standings from the newspaper, smack on a sepia lens and throw some other newspaper clippings in as the camera pans across while a reporter talks in reverant tones.
Here in Internet land, we take screengrabs from electronic editions of the newspaper, smack a sepia tone on it in Photoshop and post it online.
Here's how the AL East shapes up heading into this weekend's showdown in Fenway.
On Monday, we'll see what happens.