The marquis names are all a year older and a year worse. But they're still the Snakes and they still have Jay Bell and Matt Williams around to give the fans warm fuzzies. My second bold prediction is that Arizona will finish dead last in its division. That's no sure thing since those Padres who aren't Ryan Klesko will have trouble doing anything offensive themselves. On the other extreme, as parks go, is Colorado.
Nobody knows but everyone has to give the Rockies a shot.
Everyone has to give the Dodgers a shot every year. Like the Cubs and Yankees, they're loaded with money. Like the Yankees, they'll spend it, just not very well. Now they find themselves at odds with Gary Sheffield, whose demand to be traded to one of three particular teams won't exactly help his market value. Even so, this is a team that won 86 games in 2000 despite disappointing seasons from Eric Karros and Shawn Green.