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mlbtraderumors.com - 7/4/2009
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Jack Curry of the New York Times reports that Cuban lefthander Aroldis Chapman is 26-yrs old rather than the 21 he was believed to be.
"[Chapman's] age was reported Thursday as 21, but reports in March at the World Baseball Classic said he was 26."
Chapman defected on Wednesday while in ...
sports.espn.go.com - 7/2/2009
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Aroldis Chapman, a Cuban considered by many scouts
to be the best left-handed pitching prospect in the...
world, has defected from the national team, several sources have confirmed to ESPN The Magazine.
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Aroldis Chapman, top Cuban pitcher, defects
athbloggs.blogspot.com - 7/2/2009
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athbloggs.blogspot.com —
21 year-old Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman with a
100 mph fastball has defected. If you watched any...
of the Cuban WBC games you may have seen him pitch (or at least remember the announcers talking about him.) Apparently the guy wants to go by the name "A-Chap" – gee, how novel. The 21-year-old ...
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Defected!
mvn.com - 7/2/2009
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Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN The Magazine reported
today left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman has defected from the...
Cuban national team. According to the report, Chapman defected from the team while they were in the Netherlands competing in a tournament, walking right out of the front door of the ...
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Cuba's Aroldis Chapman Defects
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Picked this up from MLB Trade Rumors via Twitter. Jack Curry of the New York Times reports that Cuban lefthander Aroldis Chapman may be 26 years old rather than the 21 he was believed to be.
"[Chapman's] age was reported Thursday as 21, but reports in March at the World Baseball Classic said he was 26."
Chapman defected on Wednesday while in the Netherlands, and is considered the best lefthanded pitcher in the world not pitching in the Major Leagues. Like we haven't seen ...
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