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Found June 14, 2008 on TheGoldSeat:
Pitching v. Hitting, Take Pitching
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins,  Oakland Athletics,  Texas Rangers

With the Twins struggling to win 3 of their last 10 I thought I'd dive into some AL stats. As a team the Twins rank 3rd in batting avg and 4th in runs in the AL. But they rank 12th in ERA and 14th in both opponent batting avg and OPS. There is no doubt the Twins posses the greatest collection of singles hitters in baseball. But it may be time to forget hitting and start building pitching. Pitching wins games, pitching wins championships. The Texas Rangers are an offensive...
Original Story: http://www.thegoldseat.com/2008/06/14...

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    phightins26 said June 14, 2008

    conversely, you've got the phillies who put up enough runs to support your or i out on the hill...
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