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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
In all fairness, those big money teams have bad injury luck right now. Nobody thinks the Yankees would only be 55-50 if they had Texeira-Granderson-ARod all year long. Red Sox without Buckholz, Bailey, Hanrahan, which is dead money. And Texas lost 18-game winner Matt Harrison, Colby Lewis (14-game winner two years ago, 3.30 ERA last year), Feliz who saved 35 per. Berkman hurt now etc.
Tampa Oakland and yes, KC have been extremely injury-free this year. That explains what's happening in the standings.
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Tampa is always a potential contender, regardless of the BoSox and Yanks injury problems. Oakland is not in the mix every year but, often enough to provide fans with a reason to support them.
Sorry but, the big money clubs injury problems does not detract from the competence emanating from a couple of the smaller franchises.
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