It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did. [Mouthpiece Sports]
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"If you don't get offense in the American League, you give a mediocre pitcher an opportunity to beat you."
- Jerry Manuel
Tag Archives: A.L. Central
It’s the Question That Drives Us
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State of the Division Roundtable
Ray from Royals on Radio etc. posted a far-reaching survey on the true current condition of each team in the Central, with your editor acting as the ambassador from the South Side. Always good to get a peek inside the enemy’s collective head. [Royals on Radio etc.]
The Team They Just Killed
The Sox are winning lately. This is not a good thing.
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If They Play .500 Ball…
Just kidding: they won’t. But they might! And so might everyone else!
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Just Beat the Twins
If only it were that simple.
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Presenting Your 2009 Chicago White Sox
One “when” and a whole lot of “if.” Ladies and gentlemen, baseball season is upon us.
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City Primeval
This season’s forecast for Detroit: generally gloomy but with a 58% chance of sunshine. Part two in a series.
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Royal Roundtable
Jeff at Royally Speaking invited me to participate in another roundtable discussion, this time looking at the 2008 AL Central in review. You can read it in its entirety here.
Carpe Diem Baby: Your 2008 American League Central Champion Chicago White Sox
It wasn’t October baseball – not yet – but it was the next best thing and they won the only way they possibly could have: improbable plays, remarkable work by the starter and closer, and one timely swing of the wrecking ball. No, that wasn’t October baseball we saw. But the next time we talk [...]
That Was Just Your Lifetime .206 Average at the Dome
They lost tonight – so who needs tomorrow? Everyone, that’s who.
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Just Start Kicking
Let’s all just step back, take a deep breath. . . and scream our lungs out.
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Northbound
Is parity dead? Probably. Let us go savor the moment in all its unfair goodness.
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It’s Raining in ALC, Baby
Halfway through today’s Sox-Kittens doubleheader, the reports from each team’s last ten makes for an interesting symmetry: White Sox: 5-5 Twins: 5-5 Indians: 4-6 Tigers: 4-6 Kansas City: 5-5 League-wide rainouts and scheduling quirks aside, is anyone really going to win this division?
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Here’s the Mutiny I Promised You
The AL Central race no one’s talking about (for good reason).
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Lousy Baseball
Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.
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