Where are all the American League stars?

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Diamond Hoggers found this 5/8/2008 on umpbump.com [flag]
For years now it has been established wisdom that most of the top-shelf talent in baseball eventually gravitates to the American League, due to the presence of big spending teams such the Yankees, Red Sox, and Tigers. This dominance of the AL over the NL has also been perceived in the AL’s recent maulings of the NL in the All-Star Game, the AL’s manhandling of the NL in ... [link]

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Throwing it around
Published 5/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TheNaturalMevs) at Diamond Hoggers
... call up so we can head to the park for his debut and then have a reason to drive 2 hours to watch Reds baseball. Ta hell with the NBA playoffs. It's baseball season. By the way, Skoal Straight has never tasted to wonderful. -We're leading it off strong. Why the Big Hurt deserves to be at this year's All-Star Game. [Y! Sports Big League Stew] -National league hitters are owning shit so far. [Ump Bump] -Rick Ankiel's got a gun. Yes it's a video. [ ...

Naked People In England? Now We've Seen Everything [Blogdome]
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High Five
Published 5/8/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... ] So, has the National League finally overtaken the American League? [ UmpBump ] With Kobe finally getting his first MVP award, who are the ten best players in the history of The Association to never win one? [ ...

The Wil Cordero Memorial Linkpunch, Thursday, May 8
Published 5/8/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
Sometimes people write better than us. Each Tuesday and Thursday WoW gives you our favorite (mostly) baseball links we've come across. Where's the star power in the AL this year? UmpBump OH MY GOD DUSTY BAKER. JUST STOP IT. Big League Stew Cliff Lee rides the subway to Yankee Stadium. This is like going in one of those shark cages to get a good look at a Great White. Baseball Analysts You've got to be a real dick to make someone from Minnesota mad. RandBall ...

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