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Baseball Prospectus took Bobby Valentine up on his challenge, and have been "playing" a Diamond Mind series between the ChiSox and Bobby's Chiba Lotte Marines in order to determine the real "World" Series champion.
They first explained [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4687]the parameters of the challenge[/url] and then dove right into the games.
Chiba Lotte drew first blood by [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4690]thumping the Pale Hose[/url] in Game 1
But Japanese import Tad Iguchi [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4691]turned the tables[/url] on his former countrymen in dramatic fashion to steal Game 2
Game 3 saw the Series shift to Japan and also saw [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4691]the Sox overcome an early defecit[/url] to take a 2-1 Series lead
A huge [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4699]3rd inning[/url] turned Game 4 into a walkover for Chicago
And the South-Siders [url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4701]finished it out[/url] and sent the home fans away disappointed in Game 5
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