The Western Division: A Battle of Attrition

After a very exciting end to the 2007 season, the West is looking to bring much of the same this season.  Arizona and Colorado are looking to duplicate the results of last season while San Diego is vying to get a playoff spot in which they were robbed of when Colorado beat them in thirteen innings in a one game playoff to decide who is going to be the Wild Card team. The Dodgers are now a contender after signing Andruw Jones and making Joe Torre their new Commander in Chief. One shouldn't have to worry too much about the Giants this year.  They will most likely finish at the bottom of the division unless they can pick up some key players before the trade deadline. The West is going to be very exciting once again.  It is going to be battles of attrition and preserverance that is going to win the West.  What team has the heart to accomplish this? Arizona is still a very young team.  However, they have a key loss in Jose Valverde.  Valverde was arguably one of the best, if ... [link]