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Trying to predict Major League Baseball every spring is April Fool's stuff. Who cares if Joe Beat Writer picked the Yankees over the Red Sox in the AL East? Oh, the Pirates will finish last in the NL Central? Groundbreaking insight, BudgetPundits.com. How 'bout a new twist on baseball forecasting: five bench-clearing fights that will happen in 2008. Here's hoping you're in the stands or near a TV when these go down.

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Braves vs. Mets, April 26, Shea Stadium
Mike Hampton finally comes off the DL (again) to face his old team, and the Mets' front office accountants send word to enforcer Endy Chavez that Hampton must go down. Chavez charges the mound, and the reheated rivalry gets as gooey as the nachos in the Shea mezzanine.