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Baseball Mastermind found this 2/26/2008 on www.mccoveychronicles.com (flag)
The headline: Giants' motto: Without HRs, it's run, run, run The article: The Giants don't really have a bunch of speed demons, but they're probably going to try and steal a bunch of bases anyways. What's in the mind of the optimists in Giants Town: The 1985 Cardinals, who only had one hitter with more than twenty homers, but who managed to win 100 games with the help of a great pitching ... (link)

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LINKS, Y’All: Hal Steinbrenner Exclusive Interview, Giants Plan to Run, David Price Interview
Published 2/26/2008 by Alan Hull at Baseball Mastermind
... The Giants are bad.  Everyone knows this. Well, maybe not everyone because they have an idea on how they might win in 2008: run, run, run.  Grant of McCovey Chronicles (always a good read), breaks down why a comparison to the 1985 St. Louis Cardinals does not hold up.  As a fellow baseball fan and a man, I have to feel for the Giants, but as a Dodgers fan, this is good stuff.  He also found t ...

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