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NL Central: 5 Questions
The Cardinals look to succesfully defend their title, the Cubs hope their big spending leads them to the playoffs, and the Brewers hope to finally take a huge leap.
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2007 Chicago Cubs Baseball
The off-season additions of Alfonso Soriano, Lou Piniella, Ted Lilly and Jason Marquis will lift the Cubs out of the basement in the 2007 NL Central Division.
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Can St. Louis Cardinals repeat?
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers in five games in 2006 World Series, but they may be hard-pressed to repeat as NL Central division champions.
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World Champion Cardinals
The defending World Champion St. Louis Cardinals are within 3 1/2 games of first place. This has happened for many reasons, but the Cards still are not a good team.
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More Moves for Chicago Cubs?
A discussion of the possibility of Cincinnati's Ken Griffey moving to the North side as well as Jacque Jones and Cesar Izturis trade rumors.
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2007 Major League Baseball Season
The Phillies will win the NL East, Chase Utley will take the NL MVP, Mariano Rivera will finally get the AL Cy Young Award, and the Yankees will win the World Series.
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2008 Chicago Cubs Baseball Preview
The Cubs are on the brink of history. If they don't win it all this year, they will be the first team in baseball history to go 100 years without a world championship.
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Baseball Managers on the Hot Seat
A month of baseball is in the books and some managers are already on the hot seat. A look at four teams not living up to expectations.
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Be All That You Can Be
"Be all that you can be." Were it only so. Oh, it has happened. The 1998 Yankees were all that they could be. The 2004 Red Sox were more than they could be. But there have been too many times when teams were not allowed to be all they could be because money was and is more important to those with the power.
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Houston Astros Fire Phil Garner
The Astros and White Sox were the best teams in baseball in 2005. Now they are two of the worst. Houston responded by firing Garner. Will the Sox fire Ozzie Guillen next?
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NL Rookie of the Year Candidates
Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers leads this crop of excellent National League rookies who have broken out during the 2007 baseball season.
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Roger's Return
New York, July 30, 2004. The New York Yankees announced today that they had pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Houston Astros, acquiring centerfielder Carlos Beltran and right-handed pitcher Roger Clemens for centerfielder Kenny Lofton, left-handed pitcher Alex Graman and prospects Robinson Cano and Dioner Navarro.
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2007 MLB Baseball Season Wrap-Up
With so many records shattered and so many tight pennant races that came down to the wire, the 2007 baseball season may have been among the best ever.
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2007 NL Midseason Baseball Awards
The mid-year awards in the National League for Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Half Year, Comeback Player and Free Agent Bust.
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2008 Baseball Early Season Slumps
These stars are supposed to be hitting and pitching their teams toward big awards and postseason play. Instead, they're playing like Rudy Stein of the Bad News Bears.
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Baseball's Best Trade Deadline Deals
A good trade deadline deal can transform a contender into a World Series champion. Here are the five best such trades of the past fifty years.
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Baseball's Five Best Third Baseman
Third base is a tough, tough position. It requires the reactions of a ninja warrior, the arm strength of a center fielder, and also, you gotta be able to hit with power.
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Brand New 2007 MLB Power Rankings
The MLB Power Rankings change day-to-day in the early part of the MLB season. So far, most of the preseason favorites have struggled with injuries and poor fielding.
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Latest Baseball Power Rankings
Baseball's ten best teams as of June 7, 2007 include the Red Sox, the Mets and the hotter-than-Baghdad- in-August Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Latest MLB Power Rankings
While some could have foreseen that the Red Sox would have the best record in the American League, nobody predicted the Milwaukee Brewers would lead the Senior Circuit.
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Chicago Cubs Legendary Curses
Boston and the White Sox both won it all recently. So why can't the Cubs? Is it front office ineptitude, bad play on the field, or the curse of a long dead Billy Goat?
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The New Red Machine
A closer look at what's working for the Reds.
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Clemens - Did the Red Sox Muff it?
An analysis of whether the Boston Red Sox made a mistake low-balling Roger Clemens when the team had a chance to sign him, instead losing him to the New York Yankees.
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