It's time of the year again. With so much distraction with Steroid and Balco case, baseball is still the America?s favorite past time. Baseball will have another record setting attendant. It will be interesting to see how guys like Bonds, Giambi going to perform..... How MLB is going to celebrate when Bonds surpasses Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.....How Yankees revamped starting rotation was going to perform...... How Sammy Sosa going to affect the already strong batting lineup in Baltimore?.. Did Red Sox made the right choice replacing Cabrera with Renteria...... That's only the AL East. NL East is competitive as ever. Mets went ahead signed the best player and the pitcher in the free agent but is it enuf to beat Braves. Marlins have a great team as well. Are Cardinals going to perform the same way they did last year. AL West is strong. Angels seems to be better than last year with the signing of Cabrera and Finely. Mariners signed the powerful hitter to fill the corner of the diamond and Ichiro is already having great year, he is hitting .500 during the preseason. Their pitching is suspect though. It's sad to see future HOF Robbie Alomar is retiring and same with the graceful Andres 'Big Cat' Galaragga. Here's 2005 baseball team-by-team previews by fox.com which I disagree :) AL EAST A familiar showdown Guess what? The Red Sox and Yankees should battle for the top spot in the AL East again, but this could be the year Boston claims a title that has still eluded it lately. RED SOX: Champs reload No Pedro or Lowe, but still plenty YANKEES: Riches and ruckus Welcome Unit, but Giambi drama looms ORIOLES: Sammy comes to town Sosa adds to loaded lineup BLUE JAYS: Nice defense Just the wrong division for this team DEVIL RAYS: More growing pains Fun, young team ... that will lose a lot AL CENTRAL Twins still too much The Twins have won the last three division titles, and while some division foes have bulked up, there's no reason to think Minnesota won't rule again in '05. TWINS: Santana and more Could have AL's top rotation INDIANS: Coming of age Could be surprise team of '05 WHITE SOX: Ailing Thomas Injury issues could cause problems TIGERS: Magglio joins Pudge New additions make things interesting ROYALS: Youth not served yet Growing pains could cause problems AL WEST Hot competition out West The A's underwent a slight overhaul and the Angels shelled out millions to create what will likely be one of the closest division races in the majors once again. A'S: Pitching still powerful No Hudson, no Mulder ... no problem ANGELS: The rich get richer Vlad adds Finley, Cabrera to arsenal RANGERS: Awesome infield But pitching could be a problem again MARINERS: Problem pitching Scoring won't be a concern though Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3499302