Found September 04, 2009 on Sons of Steve Garvey:
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From Ken Gurnick's latest article on mlb.com, the fourth paragraph: Acquired Monday night for a player to be named -- which might or might not be infielder Tony Abreu -- [Jon] Garland and fellow arrival Vicente Padilla give the Dodgers six starters (Randy Wolf, Chad Billingsley, Clayton Kershaw and Hiroki Kuroda the others, with Kuroda returning Sunday from a concussion). What? What does Jon Garland give us (besides a win tonight, splitting this series against the Diamondbacks)? a) an extra unexpected win against a sub-.500 team 19 games back b) insurance in case Kuroda can't return c) insurance against the headcase that is Vicente Padilla d) another guy with slight facial hair, to make Casey Blake comfortable e) syphilis and/or gonnorhea f) none of the above; try ___________________________ g) all of the above SoSG readers, I leave it to you.
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