News & Notes: West Springfield Graduate Saunders Has Become Master of Start and Stop
Published 5/4/2008 by Post at washingtonpost.com - MLB
Angels lefty Joe Saunders - a West Springfield grad - is 12-1 when pitching in a game that follows a loss, the very definition of a "stopper."
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