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Reader Brian tips us off to an article by SI.com's Jon Heyman, wherein he polled 14 anonymous front-office types to ask them the classic question: if you were building your franchise around one guy, whom would you choose? Most of the results are what you'd expect. Reyes, Verlander, ARod, Peavy, Papelbon, Sizemore, etc. Ichiro gets three too-many votes. But the dumbest thing is in the "others ... [link]

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FJM, Jon Heyman, and ed coffin
Published 6/30/2007 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
Fire Joe Morgan has a piece up talking about Jon Heyman's "what 5 players would you want if you were starting a franchise" article a couple of days ago. ...

Happenings And Mishappenings: Roger Federer Is A Beast
Published 7/9/2007 by Luke Halpert at Nyjer Please
... Some guy picked Yadier Molina as a player to build his franchise around. - Fire Joe Morgan ...

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