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Hit Parade: National League lineup breakdowns

By Brendan Roberts
ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Our "State of the Union," er, "State of the Lineups" series continues. We took a closer look at American League lineups and what we can expect going forward in last week's Hit Parade. Now let's take a closer look at the National League lineups, ranked most interesting to least. All stats are through Monday's games. Philadelphia Phillies (major league runs-per-game rank: 3rd): So let's see, Ryan Howard has his typical slow start and is currently hitting .215. Pat Burrell also repeats his past sp ...

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