For your consideration 2006...
Are we setting up for another Cardinals' sweep of the Cy Young and MVP Awards in the National League this year? Chris Carpenter took a no-decision today in Washington, but his 13 wins are just two off the league lead and his 2.97 ERA tops the circuit. Albert Pujols trails Philly's Ryan Howard by nine home runs (53 to 44) and 17 RBI's (134 to 117, Pujols is 2nd in both categories,) but he's outhitting the St. Louis native Howard .322 to .309, has nine more doubles, 13 more runs scored, higher on-base and slugging percentages, and his team is four games better. Howard has 78 walks to Pujols' 77, but Pujols has struck out only 40 times to Howard's 154. Looking for some historic perspective? Eighteen of Pujols' 44 home runs this year (40.9 percent) have put the Cardinals ahead in a game to stay, compared with Howard's nine. The Pujols total is the highest in baseball since Willie Mays hit 19 for the Giants in 1962.---
On-line passage of the day: Salon's King Kauffman--
"The 2006 NFL season opens Thursday under a cloud of doubt and steroid suspicion. Oh, wait. No it doesn't. That's just baseball. The same fan culture and media that are ready to rewrite the record books and pillory any slugger who looks good in Under Armour or hits four home runs in a week as a probable juicer, the same Congress that drags baseball in for regular show trials and admonishments about the youth of our nation: A group shrug at men the size of buildings running 4.5 40s and NFL team doctors going to the pokey for handing out steroid prescriptions like aspirin samples to active players."
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If moving left is so damaging to Democrats, why is the right-wing Washington Times' magazine reporting that Karl Rove funneled millions of dollars into the Joe Lieberman primary campaign?
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Is Tom Cruise's baby wearing a toupee?
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