If at first you fail miserably...

Stick with the same strategy! At least, that's what the Texas Rangers are doing. We thought they had a formidable lineup last spring... just look at 'em now! OK, they did add Chan Ho Park and some relief help, but still. If their abominable won-lost totals last year proved that good hitting can't carry a team, this year they'll put that hypothesis to test - and I bet will confirm it beyond the shadow of a doubt. Pitching and defense don't slump the way hitting can, and there's nothing that puts a damper on a rally like watching your pitching fall apart.

But maybe I shouldn't be so quick to judge... on a team with both Carl Everett and John Rocker anything can happen!