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Lance Berkman

St. Louis Cardinals First baseman/Outfielder Lance Berkman, looking suave in his 1994 senior picture from Canyon High School in New Braunfels, TX, previously played for the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees.

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Albert Pujols

Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, seen on the left in 1999 as a senior at Fort Osage High School in Independence, MO, was last year's National League RBI champion.

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Johnny Damon, Tampa Bay Rays

Johnny Damon is turning into the Forrest Gump of the MLB Postseason. After winning the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2004, Johnny Damon shaved his beard and joined the New York Yankees, with whom he earned another World Series ring in 2009. He now plays for the Tampa Bay Rays, attempting to win a third title.

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Tony La Russa, St. Louis Cardinals

Not only has Tony La Russa won the World Series as manager of two different teams, he won them in both the American and National League. He even had his own video game, Tony La Russa Baseball, in the '90s.

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Derek Jeter, New York Yankees

The Yankee Captain took some media shots this season when he started out slower than usual. But Jeter is "on fire" right now, according to Vin Getz, featured columnist for Bleacher Report and founder of Sports List of the Day. He may even finish the regular season with a .300 batting average, Getz added. That means his only error this year was breaking up with Minka Kelly.

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Curtis Granderson, New York Yankees

The Yankees' Curtis Granderson has more than 40 home runs, over 100 RBIs, and a .500+ slugging percentage. Can you say MVP? We knew you could.

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Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies

Roy Halladay is part of "one of the best [pitching] rotations ever," according to our buddy Vin Getz. Cliff Lee may be the Phillies' top hurler, but he's only one reason that the team has the best record in baseball.

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Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies

"It's all about pitching in the postseason," says Getz. But somebody has to knock in the runs, which Ryan Howard has done 115 times for the Phillies this year. Here he is hitting his 10th career grand slam in April. Sounds like the fans were happy.

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Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers

All Josh Hamilton has done this season is get almost 150 hits, close to 100 RBIs, and save consumers $500,000 on flooring and countertops. Yes, you heard right. CC Carpet ran a promotion promising to give their customers free flooring and countertops if Hamilton hit a grand slam in September. Hamilton came through, costing the carpet king a room full of cash, according to published reports.

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J.J. Putz, Arizona Diamondbacks

Diamondbacks relief pitcher J.J. Putz has a 2.21 ERA and 45 saves. In other words, he may be a Putz, but he's no putz.

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Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers' Prince Fielder is, in fact, a fielder (he plays first base). The guy Getz calls "Mr. Brewer" also swings a hot bat, which is a big reason why the team was able to clinch their third division title before the season was over. Now about that first World Series' win?

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Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers

Prince Fielder's teammate Ryan Braun may need to change his name to King. The Brewers' left fielder is hitting .333, good enough to crack the top five batting averages in the league as of this writing.