Who Will Be the Next Mark Lemke?

Published: September 13, 2007, 12:24 pm

Tags: kevin kouzmanoff, melky cabrera, luis castillo, jack cobra, dustin pedroia, ryan theriot, ryan garko, rickie weeks, mlb, howie kendrick, mark lemke, chris young

by Jack Cobra, Cobra BrigadeThere was a time way back in the day (a few years ago) when the Atlanta Braves made the playoffs every season. While they only won the World Series once, they had one wonderful player who always seemed to rise to the occasion once the post-season began. His name was Mark Lemke.Lemke was never a big name player during the regular season. Actually, I'm not even sure he even made an All-Star Game in his career. Still, when the game was on the line, or a big hit was needed in the playoffs....it seemed like Lemke was there to do it. This is the type of guy a team needs to make a run to the World Series, so I'm going to breakdown who might be the 2007 version of Mark Lemke for each prospective playoff team.American LeagueBoston Red Sox - Dustin Pedroia, 2b - A scrapper in every sense of the word. Pedroia gives everything he has with every swing of the bat and very well could be the player who other teams overlook as the Red Sox make their run in the playoffs.New

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