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Can the Reds roll on? In a word, no.(Baseball)

The Sporting News

| June 07, 2004 | Rosenthal, Ken | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

All right, I'm the guy who ranked the Reds 30th--dead last--in a preseason power poll. I also had the Brewers 25th and the Pirates 29th, which shows how much I knew about the wacky National League Central. Let me also confess that I picked Derek Jeter to win the A.L. batting title--a prediction that is looking good, presuming Jeter hits about .700 the rest of the way.

Hey, I owe the Reds an apology, but that's as far as I'll go. Still, I don't think the Reds are going to win the N.L. Central. I'll be surprised if they finish above .500. And the same goes for the two other payroll-slashing demons from the Central, the Brewers and Pirates.

As the week ...

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