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Raise your hand if you predicted the Rangers and Devil Rays would be the surprise teams of the American League. If you believed the Reds and Brewers would keep pace with the big boys in the National League Central. If you thought the Pirates' Jack Wilson would lead the N.L. in hits, Lyle Overbay would prove a more valuable addition to Milwaukee than Richie Sexson would to Arizona (although Sexson went down with an injury) and Steve Finley would hang close to Barry Bonds in the home run race.
It all happened in a wacky first half in major league baseball, a sport that routinely is lampooned for its payroll disparity, yet gets closer to NFL-style parity every ...