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Just making some early predictions for all-stars in the NL.

Remember, the rules call for each team to consist of 32 players, and at least one from each of the teams in the league.

C: Russell Martin, Dodgers; Best catcher in the league, arguably.

1B: Albert Pujols, Cards; MVP is a guarantee.

2B: Chase Utley, Phillies; The best second baseman in the league, unarguably.  The ols MVP will be yet again an All-Star.

3B: David Wright, Mets; Maybe one of the best players ever.

Talk about a Jekyll-and-Hyde.

Talk about the difference between day and night.

Talk about what a difference a few years can make.

How do you describe Jamie Moyer's baseball career?

In his first nine seasons in the majors, Moyer amassed 59 victories and 76 losses for the Chicago Cubs, the Texas Rangers, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Baltimore Orioles.

Slide Moyer's mug shot alongside the definition of "journeyman" in any baseball publication you care to mention.

Just to let everyone know, we're going to be doing a live blog of tonight's World Baseball Classic match up between the United States and Japan. The game begins at 8:00 eastern and we'll begin our coverage at 7:30. We heavily encourage our Bleacher Report readers to head on over to our main site, www.sixtyftsixin.com and join us in discussion and the drama of this game. Hope to have you there with us.

If you're not watching the World Baseball Classic, you're missing what real baseball is like.

Where men become boys again, giving all they have to win the game because...they want to win.

Last year I made a bet with a friend of mine about Major League Baseball.

The bet was: Who could more accurately predict the 2008 Major League Baseball season's final standings, league champions, and World Series winner? 

We continue our pick-by-pick coverage for the KFFL K-FAD Expert League Draft. To recap, the league is your standard roster (2 catchers, 5 OF) 5x5 rotisserie 12-team league. I get the chance to represent Fantasy Baseball Search to play against some of the toughest competitors and expert minds in the industry.

The third segment of the KFFL K-BAD expert league draft went much better then the second segment for my team. I was able to draft all the players I needed and wanted, plus thanks to this being an email draft I was able to discover some fantastic steals.

Ask casual fans of the Minnesota Twins who their best starting pitcher is and they'll probably answer Francisco Liriano.

No surprise here, the dynamic lefty captured imaginations with a dominating 2006 before losing all of 2007 to Tommy John surgery and spending most of 2008 at AAA Rochester.

This, of course, doesn't mean they are wrong. Liriano is a horse, no doubt, but whether he can recapture even part of his 2006 form remains to be seen.

We continue our pick-by-pick coverage for the KFFL K-FAD Expert League Draft. To recap, the league is your standard roster (2 catchers, 5 OF) 5x5 rotisserie 12-team league. I get the chance to represent Fantasy Baseball Search to play against some of the toughest competitors and expert minds in the industry.

The third segment of the KFFL K-BAD expert league draft went much better then the second segment for my team. I was able to draft all the players I needed and wanted, plus thanks to this being an email draft I was able to discover some fantastic steals.

On June 4, 1974, the Cleveland Indians held "Ten Cent Beer Night."

The club intended to offer as much eight-ounce Stroh's beer as fans could drink—and for only 10 cents a pop.

Now some background from before the Indians played the Texas Rangers that night.

Six days earlier there was a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams at Arlington Stadium in Texas.

Tampa Bay finished 13th in the majors in runs scored with 774 last year.  They are looking to improve on those numbers with the additions of some hitters (Burrell and Joyce), the healing of some stars (Upton and Crawford), and the maturation of a stud (Longoria). 

I’m going to take a look at the Rays lineup to see what each player is looking to contribute to this year’s offense.