Found September 10, 2009 on U.S.S. Mariner:
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If you’ve been around for a while, you probably know that we’re big fans of Franklin Gutierrez. He represents exactly the kind of player we’ve been pounding on the M’s to acquire for years, and its a joy watching him chase down flyballs in center field. He’s going to end the year as [...]-- This post came from: U.S.S. Mariner, and is copyright by the authors. This RSS feed is intended for the personal use of readers and not, for instance, spam blogs.Gutierrez’s Defense
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