Found September 08, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
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The Oakland Athletics joing the Cubs with a big first inning tonight. Jack Cust and Mark Ellis hit back-to-back home runs to drive in four of the five Oakland runs. The homer raises Cust’s slugging percentage to .413, not what a team wants from it’s designated hitter. It took Cust a long [...]
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