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What’s the only good thing for baseball fans about the first month of the 2009 season being over?

There are still five months left.

Coming out of the month of April, Joe Torre’s Dodgers already look headed for a second-straight division championship.

Los Angeles bounced back from a 2-1 series loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates with a dominating four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres to claim the best record in baseball.

This one ought to be special, especially the pitching staff.

Face of the Franchise: Sandy Koufax

Manager: Walter Alston

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its award-winning baseball simulation engine to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking possible of all 30 teams in baseball each Monday during the regular season.

In a week polluted with more Alex Rodriguez steroid allegations (in which none of us on B/R really honestly care about), the baseball was pretty good.

Carl Crawford showed us why he was the second draft pick by the Rays in 1999.

Trivia question: Can anybody tell me who the Devil Rays picked up with the first pick in the 1999 draft.

If you answered Josh Hamilton, you are correct!

Here's this weeks power rankings:

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (17-8, Last Week: No. 2)

The Dodgers are the hottest team in the league right now. Hands down. I had a hard time picking between them and the Blue Jays for the top spot. Having a 17-8 record (tied for best in the majors), and winning seven of their last ten games. How can you not put them at No. 1? Oh! and they got Manny!

2. Toronto Blue Jays (17-9, Last Week: No. 4)

Team (Current Record|Last Week's Ranking)

1. Toronto Blue Jays (17-9|1)—The blue birds still sit atop the American League East. Aaron Hill's performance against Baltimore proves that they're resilient and for real. They lead the MLB in runs (155), hits (278), total bases (444), RBI (146), batting average (.295), and OPS (.842). They are in the top-two in the American League in OBP (.371) and slugging (.471).

After seeing recent slideshows regarding top 10 NFL Quarterbacks or Runningbacks, college football, as well as your most memorable moments, I have decided to make a list myself. This list is my top ten favorite coaches who have been around during my lifetime. The coaches could be from any sport. Whether from the early or late 90's, to the present today, I have put together a list of coaches who maybe inspire on or off the field, or impressed me with their coaching ability via championships

Being a huge Cubs fan, the division I see the most of is the NL Central, so I thought it would be fitting to pick my All-NL Cental roster.

I considered the player from each position to be the opening day starter, i.e. Ryan Doumit at catcher for the Pirates even though he is injured and so on.

It may have been a mistake to come out and say I was a Cubs fan there, as that will just give Cardinals fans a reason to call me biased. But we all know Cardinals fans can't read so I have nothing to worry about. I'm kidding of course, so without further ado here is my roster.

The 2005 MLB Draft class is regarded as one of the best in recent memory.  With six of the first seven picks being on MLB rosters today, there are almost no players that teams could've gone wrong with. 

What were some of the notable picks in the draft?  Let's check them out.

No. 1 - Arizona Diamondbacks - Justin Upton

Upton was the first overall pick of the draft.  Originally drafted a shortstop, Upton moved to center field because of the Diamondbacks' other shortstop, Stephen Drew. 

There have been many center fielders throughout the history of baseball. There have been good ones, very good ones and great ones. Unfortunately not all of the great ones have made it inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

This is a list of the Top 10 center-fielders who are eligible for the Hall of Fame but thus far have been snubbed by the Baseball Writers of America, and or the Veterans Committee of the Hall of Fame.

Statistics for each facet of the game have been incorporated into this ranking.