Tomorrow, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ....<p>From sports columnist Art Thiel in Friday's P-I:<p>"The Mariners have the proof of a 116-win season to suggest great things are possible without superstars. More recently, there is also evidence, in the form of a third-place finish in the four-team American League West, that there is virtue in having Barbra Streisand around for some high notes.<p>Baseball championships are won both ways; this year's World Series displayed excellent examples of each species. The San Francisco Giants were covered in peacock feathers, while the Anaheim Angels were mostly hairnets and orthopedic shoes.<p>The fact that the Angels won the tournament was not decisive, given that the margin was a single game. The previous champions, the Arizona Diamondbacks, also winners by a single game, were largely a busload of Ethel Mermans."
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