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Hard to see any of these surprises coming

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

AP Photo/Bill Kostroun The Cubs had high hopes at the beginning of the season, but things quickly fell apart. By Tim Kurkjian, ESPN The Magazine Baseball's greatest beauty is its unpredictability. Every year, the game makes us slap our foreheads and ask, "How in the world did that happen?" The game is full of surprises -- good and bad. The Good The Rockies were picked by most to finish fourth in the NL West. They had, after all, traded their best player, Matt Holliday, and lost one ...

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