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The Bronx is not burning

Found November 03, 2009 on Beerleaguer:
PLAYERS: Alex Rodriguez,  Chase Utley,  Cole Hamels,  Brett Myers,  Nick Swisher,  Shane Victorino
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Philadelphia Phillies

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One wonders why the Yankees, who've watched as Alex Rodriguez has been hit three times, haven’t sent a message to locked-in slugger Chase Utley, who tied Reggie Jackson’s mark yesterday with five homers in the Fall Classic. Multiple sources are debunking the Cole Hamels and Brett Myers spat, so let’s move back to baseball. After sharing our respective disdain for Nick Swisher and Shane Victorino, a colleague with New York allegiances wondered why the Yankees haven’t so much as brushed...
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