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...says the rest of the league can't compete? Even the Colorado Rockies, who finished second-to-last in the NL West last season, were able to go out this winter and make Mike Hampton the richest pitcher in the game. And, for that matter, before the results of the A-Rod sweepstakes were announced, who would have seriously considered Texas--which plays not in Dallas, but in Arlington--a big market...
...chances of a Subway Series a month ago seemed as probable as a BART series. The Yanks had lost eight straight and entered the Division Series with the worst record of any playoff team. The Mets weren't in much better shape as the fourth seed in the NL...
...Pittsburgh Pirates fan - an allegiance that forces me to adopt a team every October. And out of some convoluted sense of loyalty I root pretty consistently for the National League (except for the Atlanta Braves, a team that I despise for obvious reasons). Sometimes, this fidelity to the NL comes with a stiff price: I remember how shocked and disappointed friends and family were when I pulled for the Mets in their 1986 battle against the beleaguered Boston...