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Barry Zito earned his first victory in a tumultuous 2008 season with an 8-2 victory over the NL East leading Florida Marlins Friday night (5.23.08).

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Flash forward to last season, and the NL West was MLB’s most competitive division (and in a good way). 1.5 games separated the division winner Arizona Diamondbacks, the second place Colorado Rockies (wild card winner), and the third place San Diego Padres. Even the Los Angeles Dodgers remained in the race until its second half collapse. I won’t mention the San Francisco Giants; I’m too embarrassed to. The next closest competitive division was the NL East with only 5 games separating the top three teams.

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From an AL official: “[Matt] Cain is what we all sort of dream about when we take a high school pitcher. He’s the reason that people make mistakes in the draft, because everybody hopes to get someone like him.” — Buster Olney on San Francisco Giants’ Matt Cain.

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The Pedro Feliz era in San Francisco is over after he signed a two-year $8.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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On Friday, Oprah Winfrey picked Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love In The Time Of Cholera as the next selection into her widely popular book club. She should reconsider. It’s not intended to take away from the talents of Marquez nor from the quality of “Cholera.” It’s intended to pursuade Oprah to pick lesser known works.

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