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Old 05-06-2009, 10:17 AM   #398 (permalink)
elmwood44
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Originally Posted by AZTarHeel View Post
If you flip back a page, you'll see that the Rays won the 2006 World Series over the Dodgers. The unlikely hero was pitcher Brad Woodall, who really hadn't had a winning season in the Majors until last year. This year, the Rays are good (87 wins) but to look ahead a bit, will end up missing the wildcard by two games in the AL. Tampa finished second in the AL East to a red-hot Boston team, which won 102 games

The Rays have Adam Dunn, Chipper Jones and Derrick Lee, each of whom contributed well to this season's success. Jamie Shields is one of their top pitchers (13-7), along with (fictional) Esteban Yan (15 wins). Woodall won 13 but lost 15...

The Cardinals -- yikes! -- were absolutely dreadful this season, winning 56 games in probably the toughest division. Mariano Rivera is the Cards' No. 1 starter but he went 9-17. Ouch ... St. Louis really hasn't been a factor in my universe for now...
Thanks for the update....my fault on TB. I forgot that part of the story. That was great.

Too bad about the Cardinals. Hopefully they can turn it around....maybe start by getting Big Z in free agency!!!!

As always great stuff!!!!!
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