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Blalock’s Comeback

Found June 12, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
PLAYERS: Hank Blalock
TEAMS: Texas Rangers

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After down power years in 2005 and 2006, Hank Blalock’s slugging percentage came back over .500 in 2007 and 2008. Unfortunately, it was in a low number of games as injuries limited him to 58 games and 10 home runs in ‘07 and 65 games and 12 home runs in 2008. Friday night, [...]
Original Story: http://baseballmusings.com/?p=35725
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