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Because we enjoy being in the business of horribly wild prognostications! * Chipper Jones ends up at .353. * The NL Wild Card race has six teams in the mix during the final week of the season, all separated by two games: Mets, Phillies, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Cubs, Brewers. Philly, Arizona and Milwaukee win the divisions … and the Cubs take the Wild Card. * Yes, this means no ... [link]

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Daily Links - 7/17/08
Published 7/17/2008 by roarke (noreply@blogger.com) at Watching the Game
... ridiculous, but it made me laugh pretty hard, so forgive me for a little goofiness this time. This is an interesting look at what might have happened in recent years if baseball didn't have interleague play and an unbalanced schedule. Here is a quick and easy post about the team leaders in runners left on base. There is a passing reference at the end to why this supposedly negative stat isn't necessarily a bad thing. The Big Lead (and commenters) give their predictions for the second half of the season.

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