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2008 Florida Marlins
The Marlins finished 2007 at the bottom of the NL East with a 71-91 record with a very young team. 2008 won’t be much different as they are full of young talent, but in order to get all this young talent fans have had to watch big name player after big name player get traded […]
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2008 Atlanta Braves
The Braves have now missed the playoffs two straight years after they completely dominated the NL East in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. While the window of opportunity seems to close as each year passes by the team needs to win and win now. They finished 2007 with a winning record of 84-78, but finished […]
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2008 Oakland A’s
In 2007 the Oakland Athletics came into the season as defending AL West champions, and a playoff team five out of the last seven seasons. But in 2007 they fell all the way to third place in the division with a 76 – 86 record and were only one game ahead the last place Texas […]
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2008 Texas Rangers
At the end of last year the Texas Rangers showed great signs of improvement. At the end of May the Rangers were tied with Kansas City for the worst record in baseball at 19 – 35, but finished the season strong going 4 games over .500 for the remainder of the season. One of the […]
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2008 Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners were the leaders of the AL Wild Card on Aug. 27th, but they crumbled down the stretch to miss out on the playoffs. While the team had to deal with the departure of manager Mike Hargrove in the middle of the season, pitching was the main reason they team was unable to […]
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2008 Los Angeles Angels
The Angels have turned into the power of the AL West winning the division three of the past four years. They have the third most wins in the AL over the past five years. While the team won the World Series back in 2002, fans are expecting the team to reach the World Series each […]
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2008 Cincinnati Reds
The 2008 Cincinnati Reds will hope the addition of new manager Dusty Baker can bring the team back to its winning ways. The team capped off their seventh straight losing season last year when they finished fifth in the NL Central at 72 – 90. While the offense is loaded with great talent, the pitching […]
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2008 Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates have become so use to winning that it has been 15 seasons since the last time they had a winning year. The team will most likely tie the record of 16 straight losing seasons set by the Phillies back in the 30s and 40s. For a team that finished last in the NL […]
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2008 Houston Astros
In 2007 the Houston Astros said good-bye to one of the greatest to put on an Astros uniform in Craig Biggio. Biggio’s last season wasn’t a storybook ending for the team as they finished with a 73-89 record for fourth in the NL Central, though he did reach the 3,000 hit milestone before he hung […]
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2008 Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers were one of the surprise teams of 2007 leading the National League Central for pretty much the whole year before letting the Cubs squeeze by late. The Brewers had their first winning season since 1992 going 83 -79. The team is full of young talent let by corner infielders 1B Prince Fielder […]
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