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2008 St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals come in to 2008 with a roster that barely resembles that of the team that won the World Series just two year ago. While injuries didn’t help their chances of repeating in 2007, they still managed to finish third in the Central. The Cardinals are trying to ease into a transition […]
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2008 Minnesota Twins
Last year Minnesota Twins fans were hoping for another division title after they took the Central title in 2006. That didn’t happen, as the Twins just couldn’t seem to get things rolling. They ended up finishing 4th in the division and only winning 79 games. Manager Ron Gardenhire will have a tough road ahead […]
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2008 Chicago Cubs
The defending 2007 National League Central Division winners, have fans of Chicago saying that his will be the year they break the curse and finally win a World Series. This year will mark a 100 years of suffering for Cubs fans and hope that a century is enough punishment. Manager Lou Piniella has the team […]
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2008 Kansas City Royals
In 2007 the Royals didn’t lose a 100 games for the 4th straight season, but they did manage to finish in last place in the Central yet again. So even though the team showed improvements they didn’t look like a team ready to seriously compete in this division. They hired a new manager in Trey […]
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2008 Cleveland Indians
The defending American League Central Champs made it to game 7 of the American League Championship game before losing to the eventual World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. The Indians are led by last years American League Manager of the Year, Eric Wedge. The Indians return almost the exact same team from the year […]
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2008 Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are coming off a very disappointing season in which they finished 4th in the American League Central. The team won 72 games and only finished ahead of the Royals by 3 games. This isn’t the team that won the World Series in 2005, but they shouldn’t be as bad as there […]
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2008 Detroit Tigers
2007 was a disappointment for Tiger fans. After going all the way to the World Series in 2006, they failed to make the post season. The Tigers had the best record in baseball on July 21, but after an injury to OF Gary Sheffield the team finished the rest of the season seven games under […]
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2008 Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles were hoping to be a team over the past years to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox. But what has happened instead is they have continued to get worse. Last year they barely finished above Tampa Bay for 4th place in the AL East. This year won’t be any different with […]
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2008 Tampa Bay Rays
The team didn’t show much improvement last year winning just 66 games, but the future looks bright in Tampa Bay. While you might of thought it was a miss print when you read the Tampa Bay Rays, but the team decided to drop the “Devil” from their name and now are just known as the […]
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2008 Toronto Blue Jays
What many people might not know is that the Toronto Blue Jays are coming off back-to-back winning seasons. When you are constantly up against the Yankees and Red Sox its hard to get noticed. What has Blue Jays fans looking up is how well they were able to perform last year with star player after […]
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