Baseball American League Central

So for all you centrists (this is an election year) let me give you my vote for the American League Central standings.

No one, I REPEAT, NO ONE, WILL BEAT THE TIGERS....

Tigers 97-65

Cleveland 91-71

White Sox 76-86

Kansas City 70-92

The Twins 67-95

OK, why is it that the Tigers cannot be tamed? Messrs: Miguel, Maglio,Granderson Guillen, Chef, Renteria, Polanco, Jacque and Pudge. Add in Verlander, Bonderman, Willis, The Gambler, and the mid season comeback of Zumaya and you get big time victory. Sprinkle the frosting with Bazardo. Any team with a guy named Bazardo cannot possible lose.


Next The Tribe; This is one talented team in it's own right. Victor, Hafner, Sizemore, Garko,and Jhonny can bring some real heavy Smoke Signals. However any team that plans on starting Dellucci cannot win. They have solid arms in Fausto and CC, but Westbrook, Byrd and Laffey just do not excite. Plus their closer is 200 years old. This time The Tribe fall short.

The drop off is precipitous to the White Sox. The darlings of 2005 have fallen on hard times recently and the fall will continue. They have a few bright spots in Quentin, Konerko, Swisher and Richar. However these guys just do not match up with the fangs of The Tigers and the power of The Tribe. Plus the Sox arms are um.....mediocre at best. Vazquez, Buehrle and Gavin Floyd are not very good.

As with TB in the East KC here in the Central is the exciting young team. Gordon, Butler, Buck, along with veterans, Gristleponick and Guillen will bring some good offensive results to KC. The pitching is remarkable good. Better then The White Sox. Messrs: Meche, Bannister and Greinke are a very good Trio. They also have Soria. Has anyone seen this kid? His motion, ball movement and demeanor remind me of Mariano Rivera. I like KC to improve, making noise in the Central.

Finally The Twinkies. Oh how they have fallen. Giving away Santana for some basic prospects and not much more will aid in their poor showing in 2008. I do like Gomez, I think he is a poor man's Carlos Beltran. However, he is 2-3 years away from making a major impact. Morneau and Mauer are great players. Also the Garza deal netted Delmon Young, who is very talented. But after these few guys there is not much more to talk about. I know, I know Cuddyer. Now don't be funny, he will have a pedestrian year at best. The pitching......has more Swiss Flags then Zürich. For those that do not understand the metaphor, the Swiss Flag is a Red Cross. The sign on the CBS Sportsline Fantasy website for an injured player, is a Red Cross. Liriano could be really good or really bad, Livan Hernandez...bad, then a gaggle of prospects that may or may not pan out. Throw all into the pan shake and stir and last place is the final product.


More on the American League West later.

Today vocabulary word is: precipitous


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