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Play Ball! (Yes, Even Outside Boston and NYC)

Sox, Yankees, Mets suck up headlines, but '08 season has plenty more storylines

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:03 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Opening Day is fun for fans around the nation—not just the perennial media darlings in Boston and New York. Time runs down the top story lines that don’t involve the Red Sox, Yankees or Mets:

  1. Watch Detroit. With new acquisitions Miguel Cabrera, Jacque Jones, and Edgar Renteria, the Tigers should be one of the best offensive teams ever.
  2. Indicted home-run king Barry Bonds is still circulating his resume—will anyone sign him?

  1. Colorado returns most of its team, and experts are divided whether or not last year’s 21-for-22 streak was a sign of greatness, or a flash-in-the-pan.
  2. Can Joe Torre turn around a cantankerous Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse? And more importantly, can he coax a comeback year out of Andruw Jones?
  3. If stars like C.C. Sabathia and Grady Sizemore repeat career-best performances, the Cleveland Indians might even topple the mighty Tigers.

Cindy DiCarlo, left, and her husband Mark, remove the Carhartt jacket from the tiger in front of Comerica Park on Monday, March 31, 2008 in Detroit.
Cindy DiCarlo, left, and her husband Mark, remove the Carhartt jacket from the tiger in front of Comerica Park on Monday, March 31, 2008 in Detroit.   (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)
Fireworks are set off before the Washington Nationals home opener at the new Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday, March 30, 2008.
Fireworks are set off before the Washington Nationals home opener at the new Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday, March 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The field is readied for the Washington Nationals home opener baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at the new Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday, March 30, 2008.
The field is readied for the Washington Nationals home opener baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at the new Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday, March 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Seattle Mariners' Charlton Jimerson heads out of the dugout as he prepares to take batting practice during a baseball workout, Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Seattle.
Seattle Mariners' Charlton Jimerson heads out of the dugout as he prepares to take batting practice during a baseball workout, Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
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