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Old 04-18-2004, 01:25 AM   #42
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Quote: (Originally Posted by Trees of Wisdom) The Cubs (NL Central winners) are great with or without Prior. They still have a great rotation and awesome hitting lineup
no, i think only Cards and Yanks have "awesome hitting lineups".
Cardinals: Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen, and Jim Edmonds as your 3-4-5 hitters (that there's potential for over 100 HRs, and easily surpassing 250, even 300 RBIs). We've also got Tony Womack who's a helluva lot better leadoff man and Reggie Sanders who can hit for power, not to mention fan favorite Ray Lankford. And Mike Matheny has improved significantly over the past couple of years.
As for the Yankees, it would be terribly disappointing (for them) if they were to miss the playoffs. Shouldn't lose with this line-up:
A-Rod, arguably the best player in baseball, probably the most athletic (he was a 40-40 man in '98); Derek Jeter, who's decent himself; Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, and Hideki Matsui who can crush the ball; Kenny Lofton, who's got mad wheels; and Bernie Williams, who is mad hardcore. Jorge Posada has been hitting hella good so far. That leaves Enrique Wilson as the team's weakest link, and he's aight. Fortunately, they've not been hitting well as a team so far. If they were to, they wouldn't need good pitching.
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