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Did You Say Motte or Lynn? Ah, Screw It.

Found October 25, 2011 on Fangraphs: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jason Motte,  Octavio Dotel,  Michael Young,  Adrian Beltre,  Nelson Cruz,  David Murphy,  Marc Rzepczynski,  Mike Napoli,  Tony La Russa
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals,  Texas Rangers

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With the telephone, you make the call! If you look at it one way, sure, it’s a little too important to let crowd noise impede you from hearing the manager during the World Series. But, at the same time, there’s only like, what?, two, three games left? Who cares, amirite? I mean, every...
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Via Sportress of Blogitude  |  October 26, 2011
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Via Bats Blog  |  October 24, 2011
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