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Toronto  vs. Cleveland             Phillies vs. Nationals
 Winner - Indians                   Winner - Phillies
 RBI Machine - Hafner               RBI Machine - Rollins
 WP - Sabathia                      WP - Wife Beater

Yanks vs. Tigers                   Cubs vs. Pirates
 Winner - Yanks                     Winner - ***Cubs***
 RBI Machine - ***Arod***           RBI Machine - Aramis
 WP - Wang                          WP - Zambrano

Rays vs. ChiSox                    San Fran vs. ATL
 Winner - Sox                       Winner - ATL
 RBI Machine - Konerko              RBI Machine - Chipper
 WP - Freddy                        WP - Hudson

KC vs. Twins                       Florida vs. St. Louis
 Winner - Twins                     Winner - Marlins
 RBI Machine - Hunter               RBI Machine - Willingham
 WP - Garza                         WP - Olsen

Baltimore vs. Texas                Houston vs. BrewCrew
 Winner - Texas                     Winner - Astros
 RBI Machine - Young                RBI Machine - Berkman
 WP - Millwood                      WP - ***Oswalt***

Red Sox vs. As                     Mets vs. Rockies
 Winner - As                        Winner - Rocks
 RBI Machine - Thomas               RBI Machine - Kazuo Matsui
 WP - Saarloos                      WP - BK Kim

Angels vs. Mariners                Dbacks vs. Fathers
 Winner - Mariners                  Winner - Fathers
 RBI Machine - Sexson               RBI Machine - Cameron
 WP - Washburn                      WP - Young

Reds vs. Dodgers
 Winner - Reds
 RBI Machine - Dunn
 WP - Milton

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Bret Boone

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. Mr. Boone was once the best power hitting second baseman in the league. How questionable was his success? Averages Say: Why the extra plateu in his mid 30s? At Bats Per Home Run Says: Lowest at Bats Per Home Runs at 37? Hmm.... Explaining It Away Yeak, this one is tough. Umm, late bloomer? He showed potential power early in his career and he just liked playing in Seattle a lot more than everywhere else? And umm, his career was kind of like a running backs in that it just all of a sudden fell off the map? Any of these convincing you? The Verdict Guy never hits more than 24 home runs in a season and then in his age 32 season he hits 37? And in SafeCo a pitchers park to boot? And he follows that up with 24, 35, 24 homer years still at SafeCo? And then he completely falls off the map in 2005 never to be heard from again? We've got a Screamer... Man Get Big Muscles In 30s. Hm...

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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