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  <title>SI Players MLB Poll</title>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T06:39:49-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>When was this poll done? December?
Ask Toronto and Oakland who has the best starting pitching in the league. If this poll was taken right now, i think Cleveland would get a lot more than 5% of the vote...(0.16 ERA on this homestand!)</body>
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        <body>When was this poll done? December?
Ask Toronto and Oakland who has the best starting pitching in the league. If this poll was taken right now, i think Cleveland would get a lot more than 5% of the vote...(0.16 ERA on this homestand!)</body>
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        <body>Tigers vote actually surprised me!</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which team has the best starting pitching in baseball?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 25%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arizona Diamondbacks&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 19%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 17%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seattle Mariners&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 8%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New York Mets&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 7%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;San Diego Padres&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 6%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 5%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Los Angles Angels&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 4%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Toronto Blue Jays&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 3%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LA Dodgers&lt;/strong&gt; ...... 3%&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Based on a survey of 495 MLB players] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FAST FACTS:&lt;/strong&gt; Players couldn&amp;#39;t vote for their own team.... Through Sunday,  Boston&amp;#39;s Daisuke Matsuzaka was 6&amp;ndash;0 with a 2.45 ERA; Brandon Webb led Arizona at 8&amp;ndash;0, 2.41...... The Tigers (first) and the Red  Sox (third) were in last week&amp;#39;s poll on which team had baseball&amp;#39;s best  lineup...... The A&amp;#39;s, who led baseball with a 3.29 ERA, were not among the  16&amp;nbsp;teams to get a vote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is an expanded version of the MLB poll from the May 19, 2008 issue of  Sports Illustrated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What&amp;#39;s your take on this poll?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;</body>
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