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New York Yankees | 93 | 72.09% | |
Texas Rangers | 1 | 0.78% | |
Boston Red Sox | 18 | 13.95% | |
California Angels | 2 | 1.55% | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 11 | 8.53% | |
Philadelphia Philles | 2 | 1.55% | |
Atlanta Braves | 4 | 3.10% | |
San Francisco Giants | 2 | 1.55% | |
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March 4th, 2018, 05:02 PM | #91 |
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Spahn's service in WWII was crucial as well. He was a Sergeant in the infantry and wound up leading the final, successful attack on the bridge at Remagen as all the other officers were killed or wounded. After facing all that pitching in the majors must have been relaxing in comparison.
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March 27th, 2018, 08:58 PM | #92 |
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Baseball season is nearly upon us again. I have been checking out the Oakland A's who seem to have put together a mostly competent team on the field, have some intriguing young talent, and few quality starting pitchers. The Giants could challenge, but will probably limp along in the middle of the pack.
But what about the Padres and the Blue Jays? I am seeing optimism in the San Diego blogs. The Blue Jays seem capable of shocking the world if all goes right or of simply playing the loyal opposition to the Red Sox and Yankees again. Do we have any scouting reports from their loyal fans? |
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I think the A's are too young and don't have enough pitching, so I think they will be last in their division. The Giants are too old and will finish last in their division as well. The Padres are improving, but still have a way to go to compete with the Dodgers, D'backs, and Rockies. As to the rest of the divisions, in the AL Central it looks like Cleveland, Minnesota, Chicago, KC, and Detroit, and in the AL East Boston, NY, Toronto, Baltimore, and Tampa. In the NL Central, I think it's Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cincy. And in the NL East, it's Washington, Philly, NY, Atlanta, and Miami.
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The A's have some guys who can hit the ball out of the ballpark, but I agree that they only have 3 middle to back of the rotation starters. The bullpen will get a lot of work. They will need Seattle and Texas to really fall off if they are to move up. |
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I have loved watching Longoria and McCutchen play in their primes, which are past. Hunter Pence is also past it. Posey is a first-round Hall-of-Famer. The Giants are going to need to develop some studs through their farm system to get back to perennial contenders because they are still servicing debt on the ballpark they had to pay for themselves. As someone born in Washington DC in 1950, rooting for a team that had no chance against the Yankees, then no team for over 30+ years, in my heart of hearts I want to see the Nationals beat the Yankees in the World Series. Dream it with me and make it come true.
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Giants management seems to have adopted the strategy of trying to make one or two more runs before going for the rebuild. If they can sneak into the playoffs, Bumgarner, Cueto, and the tough veteran core give them a chance. Washington is my rooting interest. I have a feeling that the baseball gods are going to poop on the Yankees this year. |
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The Oakland A's get their first win of the year with an exciting come from behind Opening Day victory. They may not contend, but they have 2 guys who may hit 40 home runs and a third who may hit 30. So, teams ought not think they have a safe lead on these guys.
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And the first pitch of the season was hit out for a home run by Ian Happ of the Cubs.
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I've been thinking that Edgar Martinez out to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He definitely set high standards for the DH position. He wasn't that bad a third baseman. Certainly he was better in the field than Frank Thomas and Big Papi. I'm pretty sure that the latter will be inducted and, really Edgar Martinez was a better hitter in a much tougher park.
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Agree completely about Edgar. I loved watching him hit. He's a victim of being a DH and playing on the West Coast, where not enough people got to see him play.
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