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Found October 27, 2009 on Mets Fever: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Carlos Beltran,  Jason Bay,  Matt Holliday
TEAMS: New York Mets,  Boston Red Sox,  St. Louis Cardinals

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Ben Maller is at it again, according to his Twitter account his site for Fox Sports is the #1 news aggregator on the web. The Fox Sports radio host, has a great site for finding information from around the league but he seems to be a Mets hater. In May he called our corner outfield a bunch of scrubs when Omar didn't sign Manny; at the time the outfield consisted of Beltran, Church and Sheffield. Now in responding to an article from WEEI about Beltran not being traded, "Ben's Take" is that the Mets should trade Wright because he can't handle Citi Field... For the record, I'm against trading any of the core and believe the team should build around them. Give me a left fielder, at least a platoon partner at 1B, a catcher and a #2 starter and I'll be fine with returning everyone else. Even discussing trading Wright sounds ridiculous to me...A major-league source said that the Mets would not even entertain the idea of trading Carlos Beltran. The Mets are i...
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