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Chris Burke, acquired from the San Diego Padres just before the season started as an insurance policy at multiple positions, has been sent back to San Diego to assume their backup shortstop vacancy.
Terms of the deal have not been made public as far as I know, but chances are that the Padres just returned the [...]
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Via astroasylum.com
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Ed Wade must be getting paid by the trade. He has to because he has made yet another trade and is almost done with flipping the entire roster. Just this weekend Chad Qualls and Chris Burke were sent to the D-Backs for closer Valverde.
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Via Phillies Nation
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April 19, 2009
San Diego Padres (9-3) at Philadelphia Phillies (4-6)
Josh Geer vs. Chan Ho Park (0-0, 10.38 ERA)
Time: 1:35 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia. (...)
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