Phils win Series;Derek interviews Infielder Eric Bruntlett

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Derek interviews Phils Eric Bruntlett after World Series win!!!!

MLB Playoff Power Rankings

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Make your World Series Prediction

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With the teams almost set, who do you want to see in the World Series?

MLB power rankings By Aram Tolegian

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1 Cubs 85-50 1 1/13 The good: Aramis Ramirez has been relatively quiet this season, but perhaps his two-homer performance on Saturday means a stretch-run breakout is looming. The bad: Derrek Lee left Saturday's game with back spasms. The good: Aramis Ramirez has been relatively quiet this season, but perhaps his two-homer performance on Saturday means a stretch-run breakout is looming. The bad: Derrek Lee left Saturday's game with back spasms. Lee, like Ramirez, has been good, but not great this year. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 2 Rays 81-51 1 1/24 The good: The Rays have counted on Rocco Baldelli throughout the years only to get burned. But now with Carl Crawford gone and Evan Longoria hurting, Baldelli is actually coming through. The good: The Rays have counted on Rocco Baldelli throughout the years only to get burned. But now with Carl Crawford gone and Evan Longoria hurting, Baldelli is actually coming through. The bad: This should've been an easy upcoming week for the Rays, but the way the Jays are playing, there may not be a more feared team in the East. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 3 Angels 81-52 2 1/12 The good: We're not even to September and K-Rod has 50 saves. Let that be a sign the Halos will be just fine during close games in the postseason. The bad: The Angels rank in the league's bottom half in home runs, but that may not be an accurate indicator of the team's current capability since Mark Teixeira wasn't in the OC while the statistical damage was done. The good: We're not even to September and K-Rod has 50 saves. Let that be a sign the Halos will be just fine during close games in the postseason. The bad: The Angels rank in the league's bottom half in home runs, but that may not be an accurate indicator of the team's current capability since Mark Teixeira wasn't in the OC while the statistical damage was done. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 4 Twins 75-59 - 4/26 The good: We said last week that the Twins' performance vs. the Yanks was a stamp of quality. So what does their showing against the Angels mean? ChiSox beware. The bad: The Twins rank in the league's bottom 10 in home runs. The good: We said last week that the Twins' performance vs. the Yanks was a stamp of quality. So what does their showing against the Angels mean? ChiSox beware. The bad: The Twins rank in the league's bottom 10 in home runs. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 5 Brewers 77-56 - 5/23 The good: Despite a terrible first two months, J.J. Hardy has 20 homers and continues to thrive in the No. 2 hole. Chalk that up to Ned Yost making the switch. The bad: Ryan Braun's lower back issues don't appear to be going away. The good: Despite a terrible first two months, J.J. Hardy has 20 homers and continues to thrive in the No. 2 hole. Chalk that up to Ned Yost making the switch. The bad: Ryan Braun's lower back issues don't appear to be going away. That's an ominous sign for the stretch run and beyond. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 6 Red Sox 77-56 - 1/8 The good: Paul Byrd got his first Boston win last week. Byrd's arrival looks even better now that Josh Beckett is hurting/tingling. The bad: The Red Sox seem to lose their aura of invincibility a little more with each passing week. The good: Paul Byrd got his first Boston win last week. Byrd's arrival looks even better now that Josh Beckett is hurting/tingling. The bad: The Red Sox seem to lose their aura of invincibility a little more with each passing week. It's hard for us to believe this team is better than it was two months ago. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 7 White Sox 76-57 2 5/19 The good: The ChiSox lead the majors in homers and are in the top five in runs scored. The bad: The Twins are peaking at the right time and who knows just how long they can keep this going. The good: The ChiSox lead the majors in homers and are in the top five in runs scored. The bad: The Twins are peaking at the right time and who knows just how long they can keep this going. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 8 Mets 74-60 1 3/20 The good: Ryan Church is back after missing a significant chunk of time due to complications from multiple concussions. The bad: With Church's return, Fernando Tatis has been bumped back into a reserve role. The good: Ryan Church is back after missing a significant chunk of time due to complications from multiple concussions. The bad: With Church's return, Fernando Tatis has been bumped back into a reserve role. We're not sure Tatis isn't the better player. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy | Schedule 9 Cardinals 74-60 1 4/20 The good: Albert Pujols is giving every indication he'll finish the season with a rush. That's good news because there's no way Ryan Ludwick can be counted on to stay at this pace. The bad: If you're a believer that power pitching is what wins in the postseason, the Cards, who rank near the bottom of the league in Ks,

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FTF: MLB Power Rankings

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June 25th MLB Rankings

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1 Cubs 1 - 1/13 The Cubs bounced back from being swept in Tampa to take their weekend series against the South Siders. There was talk last week of Alfonso Soriano returning earlier than expected from his broken hand. The Cubs have to hope Soriano isn't rushing back just to be a part of the All-Star festivities in New York. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 2 Angels 3 (+1) 2/12 If Ervin Santana keeps this up, he'll pitch his way into the AL Cy Young argument. Santana completely baffled the Phillies last Friday in a park where not many visiting pitchers can say that. The Halos' schedule lightens up a bit this week with sets against two sub-.500 clubs in the Nats and Dodgers. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 3 Red Sox 2 (-1) 1/3 Anything Curt Schilling gave the Sox this season would've just been gravy. So officially losing him for the season doesn't really change things. Taking a series in Philly without a healthy lineup was pretty impressive, but it didn't carry over into the weekend against the Cardinals. Dice-K's back, but he'd better improve off of Saturday's showing. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 4 Rays 4 - 2/24 The Rays are getting downright scary at home. Only Boston and the Cubs have a better home winning percentage. You can bet the Marlins will be looking for a little revenge this week after the Rays swept them at the Trop last weekend. Who knew a Marlins-Rays series could be so interesting? Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 5 Cardinals 5 - 4/20 What a fickle game baseball is. The Cards took their weekend series against the Red Sox, looking very much like a playoff-caliber in the process. But they spent the early part of the week being swept by Kansas City. Albert Pujols is scheduled to return this week in time for a revenge set against the Royals. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 6 Phillies 6 - 5/16 The Phils haven't won a series since taking a set against the Braves in early June. Granted, the competition has been stiff as the Phils have played arguably the toughest June schedule of anybody in the league. It only gets tougher this week with road tests at Oakland and Texas. With no clear No. 2 starter, it's obvious what the Phils need to do at the trade deadline. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 7 Brewers 11 (+4) 6/23 Ryan Braun has driven in a run in all but six games this month. But he hasn't been the catalyst to the Brewers getting over .500. That's been Russell Branyan, who has 10 homers this season. Starting Branyan over Bill Hall may have saved Ned Yost's job. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 8 White Sox 7 (-1) 7/19 The weekend set at Wrigley didn't go according to plan, but it's no fault of Jermaine Dye, who hit five homers last week. Pitching would be a better place to put the blame. Jose Contreras is giving every indication his hot start was an aberration. Perhaps the ChiSox will fare better at home this weekend vs. the Cubs. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 9 Athletics 8 (-1) 7/25 Friday's win over the Marlins was a perfect microcosm of the A's season. Just when you think they're done, they come back ... and it's usually from an unexpected source. It gets tougher this week with the Phillies hitting town before another weekend set against their Bay Area rivals. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 10 Marlins 9 (-1) 6/29 Dan Uggla is getting ridiculous. Raise your hand if you thought he'd cool off three weeks ago? Well, he hasn't. Uggla has quite honestly played his way past Chase Utley, but that doesn't mean he'll start ahead of him at the All-Star game. The Marlins get their chance at revenge this week when the Rays come to Dolphin Stadium. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 11 Yankees 12 (+1) 3/23 Nobody thought the Yanks' winning streak would last forever, but dropping a series at home to the Reds? The Yanks are still within striking distance in the East and the hitting is good enough to make it an interesting summer in the Bronx . But unlike the Red Sox, who seem to just absorb injuries and move on, we don't see the Yanks simply overcoming the loss of Chien-Ming Wang. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 12 Twins 16 (+4) 12/26 The Twins caught the Nats on a rare winning streak and quickly put that fire out with a sweep. They then took a series against Arizona, which isn't hard to do these days. This interleague stuff has worked out pretty well thus far and a set at punchless San Diego this week should continue the trend. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 13 Diamondbacks 10 (-3) 2/13 Eric Byrnes is nearing a return and that has some people grumbling that Justin Upton may be sent down when it happens. Upton's struggles over the last two months have hurt the D-backs. He was hitting .327 entering May and is now in the mid-.240s. But the D-backs have to take the good with the bad while starting such a young roster. Team: Home | Stats | Fantasy 14 Orioles 13 (-1) 12/30 The O's swept the Astros with two one-run wins and a two-run win. Closer George Sherrill, who has bee

MLB power rankings as of June 22nd 2008

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Do you agree?

Does the NL stand any chance at winning the AllStar game, or the World Series?

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AL Superiority to the NL

DeRosa returns to playing for Cubs after heart procedure

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Mark DeRosa accomplished his main goal Monday. Now, he's ready to return his focus to baseball. The Cubs' second baseman played for the first time since undergoing a heart procedure on Feb. 28 and went 0-for-3 in Chicago's 6-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. "Just to get out there and break a sweat and be with the guys was fun," DeRosa said. "I hadn't seen live pitching since [the postseason]. I didn't strike out. Three balls in play, not quality, but I'll take and build off of it." DeRosa, beginning his second season with the Cubs, experienced a rapid heartbeat on Feb. 23 during infield drills. He spent a night in a hospital in Mesa before returning to Chicago for a procedure that involved using electrical energy to destroy tissues in the heart that were causing the rhythmic disturbances. He said he'd had the condition since he was a teenager, but acknowledged that there were some tense moments thinking about his short recovery time. "The first three or four days were rough, just the scare factor of it, just dealing with the fact that I just had heart surgery and now I'm going to go back and play baseball," said DeRosa, who hit .293 with 10 homers and 72 RBIs last season. "That kind of ended just when I got back into the clubhouse with the guys. They take your mind off of it pretty quick." DeRosa said he's fine and focusing now on getting the timing of his swing back. "I feel better than normal because what my normal used to be has been enhanced. I feel really good. It was good to be out there," he said. "Now it's time to forget about it and start working on the fundamentals." That started when DeRosa faced Brewers starter Dave Bush, who got him to ground out. "I just didn't want to get overmatched," DeRosa admitted. Bush, fighting for one of two open rotation spots among four Brewers pitchers, gave up three runs in the first inning after he allowed four of his first five batters to reach base. But he settled into a groove quickly, retiring his final 11 in a row, including four strikeouts. "First inning, I thought I made some good pitches, but a couple of them got hit compounded with a walk in there," Bush said. "I was throwing all of my off-speed pitches today certainly better than I did last time." Manny Parra, also competing for a spot in the rotation, was sharp, allowing just one hit over four innings with three strikeouts. He's allowed one run this spring with a team-high eight strikeouts. "I've been throwing all my pitches the whole time, just trying to get comfortable with all of them," said Parra, who thought his splitter was his most effective pitch. Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Rich Hill would be the fourth starter, but Piniella remains unsettled on the third and fifth slots in the rotation. Hill said he likes his aggressive approach, but failed to get out of the third inning, giving up four runs on eight hits and two walks. It could have been worse, but Tim Lahey got the final out of the inning with the bases loaded. "I'm not disappointed about it," Hill said. "I'm not going to say every one of those balls were hit hard, but some of those balls that were hit hard, the fastballs weren't put where they should be."

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Jimmy Rollins Snags NL MVP

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Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins won the National League MVP award receiving 16 of 32 first-place votes and finishing with 353 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Rollins batted .296 with 30 homers, 94 RBIs and 41 steals. He edged out Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Holiday who was the runner-up for the NL MVP with 11 first-place votes and 336 points.

Rockies, Phillies and Mets tied. Last day of the MLB regular season is what fans are hungry for every year

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Who should be the NL MVP this year? Fielder, Rollins, Holiday or Wright?

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Who is most deserving of the title NL MVP? Do you go with Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, Rockies Outfielder Matt Holiday, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins or Mets third baseman David Wright? Make your argument now!

National League Awards??

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WHats everyone's got for all the awards in the NL? Manager of the year? Rookie? Cy Young? MVP?

Is David Wright the NL MVP?

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Do you think David Wright's 2007 season has been good enough to award him the coveted NL MVP? Make your argument now.

Who has the best rotation going into the playoffs?

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NL hopeful teams, Mets, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Cubs, Cards, Phillies, Rockies, Dodgers, Braves......AL hopeful: Red Sox, Indians, Angels, Yankees, Tigers, Mariners, and (with two sweeps of the yanks) the Blue Jays.

Which National League team has the best chance to win the World Series?

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Of the National League teams- Who do you think has the best chance to beat their AL counterparts? Do you go with the METS, BREWERS, DBACKS, or someone else?