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Crystal (base)ball

The Cubs are the chosen ones. The Cardinals are also-rans. The White Sox apparently peaked last year — when they finished in second place in the weak American League Central. So goes spring training clairvoyance, in which predictions are stated with the certainty of Pythagoras positing his theorem about the square of the hypotenuse of […]

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Blue Birds

From the left field bleachers to the press box, from to the clubhouse to the front office, the refrain is repeated as if rehearsed: The Cardinals didn’t make the playoffs this year because of nagging injuries and ineffective pitching. If only there had been fewer injuries and if only one or two of those off-season […]

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