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GEORGE SHERRILL: LEFTY SPECIALIST AND SOCCER NOSTRADAMUS

MM: So rumor has it you have been keeping an eye on the World Cup?
GS: Yeah, when we aren't traveling.  The games are on early, so you
    can watch them in the clubhouse or the weight room.  Some of us
    have been kicking a ball around before batting practice.

MM: Who is going to win it all?
GS: Brazil.  Hands down.  Ronaldo... Ronaldinho... they have the five
    best players in the world.

MM: Who could knock them off?
GS: Maybe Argentina if they get past Germany.

MM: Anybody else in the clubhouse following the World Cup?
GS: Jose, Felix, Yuniesky and J.J. are also keeping an eye on it.
    I think everyone agrees Brazil is the team to beat, but I've also
    heard votes for Italy.   Yuniesky says France.