twincities.com - 6/26/2009
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MILWAUKEE — Nobody told R.A. Dickey that he has worked his way into a late-inning role in the Twins' bullpen. "There hasn't really been a formal conversation," the knuckleballer said. "But you can kind of get a pulse of how things are moving." Such as when the manager has you warm up in the ...
sports.yahoo.com - 7/2/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Joe Mauer (notes) is from Minnesota. He is
white. He plays Major League Baseball. He is considered...
something of a pretty boy. None of these four things outlaws him from practicing his secret hobby. All of them combined into one 6-foot-5, ...
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Mauer's best rap is with a bat - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
twinkietown.com - 6/30/2009
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twinkietown.com —
The Tale of RA Dickey I loved this Souhan
article about RA Dickey - who, it turns out,...
doesn't even have a ulnar collateral ligament (that's the one Neshek and Liriano tore).
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The Tale of RA Dickey
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Tyler's Take On Sports —
... I love knuckleball pitchers. And, as a result, I'm happy for R.A. Dickey, who seems to have found a nice gig in the Minnesota Twins' bullpen. Within the notebook, there is word that outfielder Michael Cuddyer is now penciled in as the club's backup second baseman. ...
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... I love knuckleball pitchers. And, as a result, I'm happy for R.A. Dickey, who seems to have found a nice gig in the Minnesota Twins' bullpen. Within the notebook, there is word that outfielder Michael Cuddyer is now penciled in as the club's backup second baseman. ...
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