Baseball & Softball

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Sports Central August 12, 2004 William Geoghegan	The Complex Psyche of Red Sox Nation In the world of stats and results, the 2004 Red Sox are not dramatically different from the 2003 team that got within one game of the World Series.
Sports Central August 11, 2004 Diane M. Grassi	Wildcards Not Too Soon to Tell Even though it is still only August and there is still much more Major League Baseball left to play this season, the beginnings of what battles lie ahead in competition for the playoffs have already taken shape.
Sports Central August 10, 2004 Martin Hawrysko	Why Cards Are More Deserving Than Cubs "Congratulations to the 2004 National League Central champions, the St. Louis Cardinals." This with almost two months remaining in the season ... and from a Cubs fan, no less?
Sports Central August 9, 2004 Hank Waddles	Dodgers Aiming For Playoff Success Thanks to the new GM's guidance, Dodger fans can look forward to watching their team win games in October for the first time in 16 years. And this time, it won't take a miracle.
Sports Central August 9, 2004 M. Edward Guest	All The Way Back? With Mark Prior healthy and with a rejuvenated Greg Maddux now in the 300-win club, the Cardinals, and the rest of baseball, must be wary of the Cubs.
Sports Central August 3, 2004 Martin Hawrysko	Time For Changes at Wrigley Field? How ironic it is that the ballpark has begun to crumble the last several weeks, just the same as the team that plays inside the ballpark, which began to crumble with injuries back in March.
Sports Central August 3, 2004 Diane M. Grassi	The Have's and the Have Not's Much like we have already seen in terms of competition this Major League Baseball season, the July 31st midseason trade deadline has proven that "parity" seems to be the overall theme this year.
Sports Central August 2, 2004 Damian Greene	Wrigley Field's Friendly Confine Fallout Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley told Cubs' officials, "Fix Wrigley or I'll shut it down." Did he mean the stadium or the team?
Sports Central August 2, 2004 Danny Sternfield	Baseball's Golden Rule Baseball lives by reversion to the mean -- average, that is -- hence the focus on averages and statistics. For teams steeped in history and tradition, this is all too familiar. For better, or for worse.
Sports Central July 31, 2004 Greg Wyshynski	A Brief History of BaseBrawls There have only been two truly memorable, brutal, violent, why-aren't-these-guys-locked-up baseball fights.
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