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Found June 09, 2009 on Chron.com:
The Texas Rangers snapped senior left-handed pitcher Matthew Purke from Klein with the 14th pick in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday.
Original Story: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/s...
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