My post a couple of days ago I talked about building offenses and the type of players teams build around. I got a couple of e-mails, saying that I forgot about pitching.

I guess I didn't make my thoughts clear enough. I don't think pitching gives a team its identity very often, really only the recent Atlanta Braves got their identity from pitching, and there were 3 Hall of Famers there.

Yes, pitching is important and probably more important than offense, but I think teams get their identity from their starting eight and bench and how the front office builds the team.

I wrote that the Twins and Angels are gritty "baseball" players. Steal, bunt, play defense, play hit-and-run baseball. The Indians are powerful strikeout kings who don't field well much like the Yankees. I didn't say a team can't win the way the Indians are playing the game; I just think it is an expensive way to play.

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