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White Sox  vs. Red Sox             Cardinals vs. Nationals
 Winner - White Sox                 Winner - Nats
 RBI Machine - konerko              RBI Machine - Lopez
 WP - Vazquez                       WP - Astacio

Seattle vs. Tigers                 Astros vs. Phillies
 Winner - Tigers                    Winner - Astros
 RBI Machine - Casey                RBI Machine - ***Berkman***
 WP - Bonderman                     WP - Pettite

Indians vs. Blue Jays              Dbacks vs. Marlins
 Winner - Jays                      Winner - Marlins
 RBI Machine - Wells                RBI Machine - Cabrera
 WP - Halladay                      WP - Willis

Drays vs. Twins                    Gigantes vs. Reds
 Winner - Twins                     Winner - Gigantes
 RBI Machine - Hunter               RBI Machine - Bonds
 WP - Santana                       WP - Morris

Yanks vs. Royals                   Braves vs. Mets
 Winner - ***Yanks***               Winner - Braves
 RBI Machine - Arod                 RBI Machine - Andruw
 WP - ***Mussina***                 WP - Smoltz

Rangers vs. As                     Pittsburgh vs. Cubs
 Winner - As                        Winner - Pirates
 RBI Machine - Thomas               RBI Machine - Bay
 WP - Saarloos                      WP - Santos

Angels vs. Oreos                   Dodgers vs. BrewCrew
 Winner - Angels                    Winner - BrewCrew
 RBI Machine - Vlad                 RBI Machine - Prince
 WP - Lackey                        WP - Dougie D

Rocks vs. Padres
 Winner - Padres
 RBI Machine - Giles 
 WP - Young

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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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