Monday, June 23, 2008

The subtle nature of a rivalry

Just noticed that both the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Tribune have baseball power rankings out for Monday. The Cubs and Red Sox are fairly obvious choices for the top two teams in baseball after the Cubs swept the White Sox and Boston dropped two of three to the Cardinals at Fenway. Guess which paper still puts the Reds Sox on top.

St. Louis
Chicago

The Zambrano argument is a fair one, but the loss of Soriano hasn't taken much punch out of the Cubs. After the beating the Cardinals themselves gave Daisuke Matsuzaka on Saturday you'd think the Cubs would have to occupy the top spot. Not in St. Louis.

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