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Show idling Winners 1 Baseball 1978 jyPETE FMTCHIE Jjiing the 1978 finish in mtional League is gsally difficult. In the i Philadelphia can win if iching holds up but ttmrgli. and St. Louis look ill improved. Philadelphia rsrctbe-and may not have j! IDE CUBS and Expos rghi also be better. New : A can't be much worse. . tiia iffy thing. Best guess: Middphia, St. Louis, Miilurgh, Chicago, Mon-standNew Mon-standNew York. In the West, it's even harder. Los Angeles should win again but the Reds won't be complacent this year. And other teams are long shots-Houston shots-Houston and San Diego, and a much improved San Francisco. Francis-co. Even Atlanta looks much better. THAT kind of balance could make for an upset-any of four or five teams. But a good guess is: Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, San Francisco, Houston, Hous-ton, San Diego and Atlanta. The odds are that no six-way pick will hold up. This division looks improved in every city. |