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Best
1. Colerain, St. X and Elder: The top three teams in the city are the top three in the state. OK, boys. Someone go out and prove the rating by winning a state title.
2. Reggie Sanders: We always thought the career of Reginald Laverne (that's his name ... really) ended with the 1995 NLCS. But he's back in the World Series.
3. Contraction: Bud “Lite” Selig denies it will happen. You know why it won't? Because it's a great idea. If you reduce the number of big-league players by one-sixteenth, you'll get rid of a lot of players who don't deserve to be in the bigs. That's a good thing.
4. St. Louis Rams: The NFL's only undefeated and, as far as we can tell, only good team. The Rams are also novel in that they are entertaining to watch.
5. The Diamondbacks: Quickest expansion team to the World Series. That's what buying two pitchers such as Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling will do.
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1. Seattle Mariners: They become an answer to a trivia question: Who won 116 games and no pennant? Fly that AL West flag proudly, fellas.
2. The AL West: First, Texas gives the moon to A-Rod, then is eliminated by Memorial Day. Then the A's and the Mariners choke in the playoffs. This follows Oakland's choke job in the 2000 playoffs. Maybe playing in the AL West has something to do with winning all those games in the regular season.
3. UC football fans: Big game with Louisville, C-USA title on the line, and you can't sell out a 35,000-seat stadium? Come on.
4. Neil Rackers: We hate to kick a guy when he's down, but we will. Bring back Doug Pelfrey. Bring back Jim Breech. Heck, bring back Horst Muhlmann.
5. Donald Little: He's wised up, he says. We'll be the judge of that. Interesting how everyone works hard and has a great attitude before the season starts.
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Top Of The Second - Power rankings 
