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The stars of the pennant race

By Eric Neel
Page 2

Thursday, September 2, 2004

I don't want to talk about the American League MVP race. I don't want to talk about Vlad swinging the bat the way Mel Lentz swings an axe, or about Ichiro "Got more Hits Than Jamaica's Got Mangoes" Suzuki, or about Miguel Tejada and his dump truck full of RBI. I don't want to talk Melvin Mora, Carlos Guillen, Pudge, David Ortiz, or the Lion of Alameda County. I'm not thinking about a peloton full of players and a wide-open race to the line. I've got just two guys on my mind -- two guys who ...

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