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2012 NL West Roundtable Season Preview

Posted on 31 Mar 2012 by .

Welcome to your 2012 NL West Round Table Preview with Rockies beat writer Steven Folsom and Diamondbacks writer Matthew Hesse.  2011 brought many surprises in baseball and one of those was the NL West.  The Giants didn’t repeat and the Diamondbacks stormed back from a last place finish in 2010 to winning the division in 2011.  What will 2012 bring?  Well, let's get started. Biggest offsea...

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