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Awards Predictions AL MVP: Mike Trout, Centerfielder, Los Angeles Angels The best player in baseball will take a much-deserved MVP award, finishing in front of Manny Machado, Josh Donaldson, and Jose Abreu. NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton, Rightfielder, Miami Marlins Stanton will lead the MLB in homers in a bounce-back campaign, though it does little to
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Spotlight on the San Francisco Giants There should be a lot of excitement by the Bay, and not only for the Warriors. It’s an even numbered year, which bodes well for San Francisco, which has won 3 of the last 5 World Series championships. The Giants have a strong core around catcher Buster Posey (6.1
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National League Central Spotlight on the Chicago Cubs Could this be the year? The Cubs took a big step forward last year behind rookies Kris Bryant (.275, 26 homers), Addison Russell and Kyle Schwarber (5 postseason homers) with a historic season from Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta (1.77 ERA, 22-6). Chicago exceeded expectations, winning 97
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Washington Nationals On paper, the Nationals look like a worse team than last year. Starter Jordan Zimmermann (Detroit), shortstop Ian Desmond (Texas), starter Doug Fister (Houston) and closer Drew Storen (Toronto) are elsewhere, and the Nats, World Series favorites a year ago, don’t look like a powerhouse anymore. New manager Dusty Baker is the answer
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Spotlight on the Texas Rangers For the Rangers, who were the most surprising team in the majors last year, 2016 is a boom or bust year. On one side, Texas has World Series potential, but their injury history could make that goal look silly by midseason. The return of ace Yu Darvish is the major
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March Madness is over. The massive 68-team tournament produced teams for the ages, from the 15 seed Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, who by upending championship hopeful Michigan State pulled off the most stunning early upset in the history of March Madness, to the team Middle Tennessee lost to in the next round, 10 seed Syracuse
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March Madness was in full throttle last week, but the biggest game wasn’t in the college ranks. Saturday featured a clash of the titans of the National Basketball Association, the 63-7 Golden State Warriors visiting the 59-11 San Antonio Spurs. The two teams are enjoying historic runs, each undefeated at home and on pace to
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We’ve arrived at the top 10. These movies are my absolute favorites and I’ve watched most of these more times than I have fingers. What are your takes on the top 10? Did I miss any? Comment below on this post or for the whole series. 1)Count of Monte Cristo (2002), PG-13, Directed
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Spotlight on the Cleveland Indians Cleveland has mile-high potential. The rotation of Cy Young winner Corey Kluber and youngers Carlos Carrasco, Trevor Bauer, and Danny Salazar is the best in the American League and are backed up by a top-tier closer in Trevor Bauer. Scoring runs has been problematic. Second baseman Jason Kipnis and outfielder
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Spotlight on the Tampa Bay Rays Tampa can’t hit, but by the end of the season, they’ll look like last year’s Mets team. The rotation is young and deadly, with Cy Young finalist Chris Archer at the top. He’ll be supported by Drew Smyly, Alex Cobb, Jake Odorizzi, and Matt Moore, all promising but injury-prone
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