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Bugs & Cranks:
"The days of babysitting and milking along are over."
- Quoth, Smokin' Jim Leyland
Can anyone explain to me what in the hell he's talking about? What kind of an old coot rants about babysitting and milking? In fact, who's been getting babysat and milked? Certainly not Justin Verlander, who throws something like 300 pitches per outing. [...]
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