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Found July 08, 2011 on Sacbee:
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OAKLAND – Max Gonzalez remembers the moment as if it happened last week, not more than a decade ago when his son, A's left-hander Gio Gonzalez, was a ninth-grader in Hialeah, Fla. Paul J. Bereswill Associated Press file, 2011 Gio Gonzalez made the American League All-Star team in just his second full major league season with the A's.
Original Story: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/08/3755...
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