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Well, it’s not like we needed a post for this division for everyone to know who will be number one. The rest of the division though may surprise you.
Fifth Place:The Baltimore Orioles are the new Kansas City Royals. And it doesn’t help that Washington opened a nice new stadium.
Fourth Place:Most expect the Toronto Blue Jays […]

The Red Sox have signed 26-year old Terumasa Matsuo and he is scheduled to report to extended spring training this week.
From RedSox.com:Pitching for the Kagawa Olive Guyners, Matsuo was the MVP of his league last season, going 15-3 with 159 strikeouts and a 1.72 ERA over 30 starts. In ‘06, Matsuo was 11-2 with a […]

From the Lancaster JetHawks press release:
(LANCASTER, CA) – The Lancaster JetHawks, Class A affiliate of the 2007 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox, have released their opening day roster for the 2008 season. The defending California League South Division first and second half title-winners will feature 11 players who donned the JetHawks uniform in 2007, […]

The Portland Press Herald is reporting what the Sea Dogs roster will look like to open the 2008 season.
StartersRH Justin Masterson, RH Michael Bowden, LH Kris Johnson, LH Dustin Richardson, RH Chris Smith
BullpenLH Daniel Haigwood, RH Mike James, RH Beau Vaughan, RH Chad Rhoades, RH Kyle Jackson, LH Hunter Jones, RH Jose Vaquedano
CatchersMark Wagner, John […]

OK, spent a lot of time thinking over the NL East. Just some quick picks, was actually tough to decide. I went back and forth on first place several times
Fifth Place:The easiest pick for me. The Washington Nationals open a new ballpark but again will struggle to win games.
Fourth Place:The Florida Marlins traded away […]

Another tough one to pick with a decent battle between Milwaukee and Chicago as a strong possibility.
Sixth Place:Once a proud team in the National League, the Pittsburgh Pirates have struggled since Barry Bonds left town and headed west. 2008 will be no different for the perennial doormats of the NL Central.
Fifth Place:The race for third […]

Two of baseballs best teams call the American League Central home and they will battle it out in 2008 for the division crown.
The Central could also find it self with the 2008 American League Wildcard entry to.
Fifth Place:The Chicago White Sox have fallen so quickly since their 2005 World Championship and 2008 will mark the […]

Much like the National League West, this division is hard to pick, though not as hard as the NL West.
Los Angeles seems like the pick to make, though Seattle will be right there.
Fourth Place:The Oakland Athletics are going to have a long season that was made even longer with that trip to Tokyo for the […]

Tha fans that passed through the gates into the Tokyo Dome were largely sporting Red Sox gear. The cheering was loudest for the Red Sox it was almost as if the game was played back in Boston.
Did anyone notice the Oakland Athletics were also in town?
Major League Baseball scheduled the games at 6:00 AM ET […]

The largest crowd ever for an American baseball game.
92,000 tickets sold out almost immediatly in February when the Dodgers placed the tickets on sale, this led the team to make available over 20,000 standing room only tickets for the game.

The crowd will exceed the baseball record of 93,103 set at this very stadium when the […]