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1-Blue Jays (2)
First week in top spot; enjoy,
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2-Red Sox (3)
Bullpen looking solid and deep; Youkilis ready to return
3-Dodgers (1)
Manny on women’s fertility drug? In-conceivable,
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4-Cardinals (4)
Hosting All-Star Game in July; playing like all-stars
5-Mets (17)
Starting to enjoy games at home; new park,
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6-Cubs (5)
May well sink quickly with Zambrano on DL for a while
7-Tigers (12)
Verlander returning to rookie form; Zumaya helps
8-Brewers (15)
Manager Ken Macha finally understanding what he’s got
9-Royals (8)
Greinke clear leader over Doc for Cy; Soria sore
10-Reds (11)
Talented young pitchers starting to mature
11-Angels (20)
Halos season finally starting to settle into semblance of normalcy
12-Phillies (9)
Things never seem easy for defending Series champs.
13-Yankees (7)
Mariano gives up back-to-back homers; yikes,
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14-Marlins (10)
The rainy season in south Fla? Call it the 21st Century
15-Rays (13)
Evan Longoria so hot even Tony Parker is interested
16-Rangers (21)
Rangers UFC brawlers in a Marquis of Queensbury world
17-Giants (22)
First to take down Manny-less L.A. at Dodger Stadium
18-Mariners (6)
M’s are like the sun; always sinking in the west
19-Braves (19)
Bobby Cox looking for his hitters to step up to plate
20-White Sox (16)
John Danks and Gavin Floyd need to step it up in Sox rotation
21-Twins (18)
Twins will hang around middle of pack all year,
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22-Diamondbacks (23)
Manager A.J. Hinch ran the farm. Acceptance by vets will be main chore
23-Astros (27)
This team will get better as NL Central comes back to earth around them
24-Orioles (28)
Cito insists O’s just need a little pitching to be good; okay maybe a lot
25-Padres (25)
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26-Rockies (29)
Since peaking at the ’07 World Series it’s been a downhill schuss
27-Pirates (14)
Lull in Bucs once promising rotation has fans crying a (fourth) river
28-Indians (26)
May be AL’s most disappointing team; Sizemore needs to step it up
29-A’s (24)
Problem? Young pitching is pitching like young pitching; well, yeah
30-Nationals (30)
Have ranked last every week; hey,
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