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Spring Dugz: Chicago Cubs

The Dugout is all about character growth. From day one we've watched Kyle Farnsworth evolve from a fan-kicking sociopath into the literal onion of psychological human study he has become. We've watched Jim Thome grow from a rosy-cheeked manchild with pee on his hat into a rosy-cheeked manchild with socks on his hat. Dmitri...

Why the Reds Are Worth Watching in 2007

One of the fun parts about blogging is that it puts you in touch with tons of other fans, both of your own team and other teams. Divisional bloggers tend to get to know each other pretty well because baseball teams play everyone in their division a million times. Because of this unique relationship, as primarily a Pirate...

Dave Bush's "Encouraging" Start

See if you can spot the incredible paradox created by this article from Brewers.com on Dave Bush's struggles to get command of his fastball this spring. This is the first paragraph of the article: Dave Bush may have turned the tide in his battle to regain command of his fastball during a Monday morning "B" game against...

Edwin Encarnacion Will Try to Stop Making Errors

The Reds have a bit of a baffling third base controversy going on this spring. On one hand there's Juan Castro who hit .251/.281/.351 last year but has a reputation for good defense, though he hasn't been much better than average in the past couple years. On the other hand there's Edwin Encarnacion who hit .276/.359/.473...

Brad Ausmus Is Lucky

Every year dads push their sons to play baseball, to pitch, to play shortstop, to hit home runs, all in hopes of fulfilling their own dreams of being the dad of a big league baseball player. The dads have it all wrong. All they really need to do is teach their kids to how to squat and stop balls with their chest and be...

NL Central News From the Web

04/04/12 They pick 'em: Tribune reporters make their MLB... Source: WTGN TV - Chicago IL AL Central : AL East : AL West : Angels AL wild cards: AL pennant: NL Central : Reds NL East : NL West : NL wild cards: Diamondbacks , Phillies NL champion: World Series champion: AL Cy Young : Justin Verlander , Tigers NL Cy Young: AL manager of the year: Mike Scioscia , Angels NL manager of the year: AL rookie of the year: Yoenis Cespedes, A's NL rookie of the year: AL MVP : Miguel Cabrera , Tigers NL MVP: AL East: AL Central: Tigers AL West: AL wild cards: AL pennant: Angels NL East: NL Central: NL West: Diamondbacks NL wild cards: NL pennant: World Series champion: Angels AL Cy Young: NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum, Giants AL manager of the year: NL manager of the year: Mike Matheny, Cardinals AL rookie of the year: NL rookie of the year: Bryce Harper, Nationals AL MVP: NL MVP:
03/31/12 Post-Dispatch predictions for 2012 season Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO NL Central champion: NL West: Colorado NL East: NL wild cards: AL Central: Detroit AL West: AL East: AL wild cards: Los Angeles, Tampa Bay NL champ: AL champ: World Series champ: NL Central: NL West: San Francisco NL East: NL wild cards: AL Central: Detroit AL West: AL East: AL wild cards: New York, Texas NL champ: AL champ: World Series champ: NL Central: NL West: San Francisco NL East: NL wild cards:
10/13/11 The NL Central: Powerhouse? Source: FanGraphs The NL will send a team from its Central Division to the World Series.
03/27/11 NL CENTRAL Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati OH Projected lineup: Rotation: Milwaukee Brewers (77-85, third) Projected lineup: C Jonathan Lucroy (.253, 4, 26) Rotation:
03/27/11 P-D Predictions: Red Sox, Phillies are favorites for... Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO JOE STRAUSS NL Central: NL West: NL East: NL wild card: Braves AL Central: AL West: AL East: AL wild card: White Sox NL CHAMP: AL CHAMP: WORLD SERIES CHAMPION: NL Central: NL West: NL East: Phillies NL wild card: AL Central: AL West: AL East: Red Sox AL wild card: NL CHAMP: AL CHAMP: Red Sox WORLD SERIES CHAMPION: NL Central: Brewers NL West: NL East:

Background on NL Central

The National League Central Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was created in 1994, by moving two teams from the Western Division (the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros) and three teams from the Eastern Division (the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St.

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