Rankings/List

Team of the Week: Boston Red Sox (pictured above)

Upon overwhelming requests for a change in my rankings system, the rankings system now goes like this....

Last Season's Success......20%

Success this season.........50%

Current Streak...............25%

Intangibles......................5%

Anyway, however I rank them, here is the latest edition of Mark Jones' MLB Power Rankings: Week Four.

LW.....Last Week's Ranking

Zack Greinke continues to impress.  Erik Bedard continues to look like his old self.  Edinson Volquez and Joba Chamberlain both had some struggles.  Let’s take a look at these performances and all the rest from yesterday’s games.

Minnesota vs. Cleveland

Face of the Franchise:  Craig Biggio

Craig Biggio

Manager: Larry Dierker

C - Brad Ausmus
1B - Jeff Bagwell
2B - Craig Biggio
3B - Doug Rader
SS - Craig Reynolds
OF - Jose Cruz
OF - Cesar Cedeno
OF - Lance Berkman
DH - Bob Watson
Bench:  2B Bill Doran, 3B Ken Caminiti, OF Terry Puhl, OF Jimmy Wynn

This is a list of who I think are the Top Five early pitching suprises of this years MLB season. The list included some amazing ptchers and some that haven't been cutting this year.
Most of these pitchers have come off not so great seasons and are starting to make a great impact in the MLB. I look for these pitchers to have great seasons and maybe even soem of them to win year end awards.

Welcome to the first edition of my new weekly section, South Sidings—my own views and opinions on the previous week's White Sox action. I hope you enjoy!

So, we're 14 games into the season and at 8-6, the Chicago White Sox are off to a decent start, with the positives greatly outweighing the negatives.

Let's take a closer look at this on a player by player basis:

Starters

When researching and compiling a list such as this, parameters and requirements must be established.

Since the title itself is “Double Play Combinations” I went completely with defense. Had it been the best second basemen or the best shortstop, I would have taken into account their offensive numbers as well.

It was a daunting task to say the least. The first thing to be done was to find out who the best keystone players were.

In recent years Major League Baseball has seen new faces burst onto the scene and become annual members on the All-Star team. Players like David Wright and Joe Mauer have become fan favorites and household names as they've launched careers among the best in baseball.

Other players have seen their personal stars dimmer over the last few seasons. The 10 players whose careers used to shine among brightest in the baseball sky and have since gone the other way are included in the following slides.

Recently, Mike Kent put together a nice article on what he believed to be the top 10 fan-favorites in the state of New York.

I was lucky enough to spend the first three years of my life in New York and, while I cannot remember many athletes (or remember anything in general), I thought I should give this list a shot of my own.

I hope you enjoy the following, and don't forget to check out Mike's either for a second opinion!

10. Leon Washington, Running Back for the New York Jets