bugsandcranks.com - 7/3/2009
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Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman, an uber-prospect who has had fastballs clocked at better than 100 miles per hour, simply walked out of his hotel room in the Netherlands recently, defecting in the hopes of pitching in the major leagues.
Chapman clearly has incredible skill, as does ...
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
mvn.com - 7/2/2009
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mvn.com —
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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pinstripealley.com 7/3/2009 —
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So Aroldis Chapman has indeed defected (while in Europe with the Cuban national team). ESPN thinks he'll be with a ML organization by next year, and has a quote from Yankee senior VP Mark ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 7/3/2009 — Yesterday, a 21-year-old left-handed pitching phenom named Aroldis Chapman defected from Cuba. "It was easy," Chapman said. One moment, he was with his Cuban teammates at a hotel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Then he walked out. Just like that. Next ...
