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Tramp Stamp #43: Justin Masterson

Found December 08, 2011 on Baseball Heavy:
PLAYERS: Justin Masterson,  Kevin Barker,  Mike Timlin,  Beau Vaughan,  Bartolo Colon,  Miguel Asencio,  Bryan Corey,  Lee Gronkiewicz,  Clay Buchholz,  Javier Lopez
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians,  Boston Red Sox,  New York Yankees,  San Francisco Giants

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I need to put Baseball Reference on speed dial. Where would I be without it? I wish I could put it atop my XMAS tree in lieu of an angel or a star or some hideous raffia abomination. Justin Abomination Masterson is a tall, hairless righty who pitched in four games for the Pawtucket Red Sox in Junish 2008. That was a great year! Masterson started one game, was used in relief for the other three. Yes, that is all. It was part of his starterhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif to reliever conversion, which I guess only takes one month at the triple-A level. Nowadays you can just pick up a SP/RP adapter for three bucks at the hardware store. Through 9 1/3 innings, Masterson logged eight K's. Not bad! He hit one batter. Probably Kevin Barker.He gave up one walk and one home run. I guess they cancel each other out, because a walk is as good as a home run. RIGHT?Two things:1. To put things in perspective, here are some cats who pitched in more games than JM in 2008: Mike Timlin. Beau V...
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