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Hot Stove: Benson airs it out for scouts
mlb.mlb.com - 12/18/2007
Hot Stove: Benson airs it out for scouts
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Kris Benson threw 60 pitches in the Arizona desert on Monday, jazzing his agent and blowing the minds of the scouts who were on hand to watch him throw. > The Dodgers signed a backup catcher, and the much-traveled Cliff Floyd found a new home, taking another key outfielder off the free-agent market. There's a week to go before Christmas, and we're tying it all up in a neat bow in this edition ...

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Hot Foot:  Benson Impressive

ShysterBall:  Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

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Benson Impressive
Hot Foot — As Frank Drebin would say, “Very impressive, yes.” Oh, and people who saw the other guy throw off a mound said he looked pretty good too. Share This

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
ShysterBall — The Yankees' traveling secretary pleads guilty to tax fraud. I don't have the transcript from the hearing, but I'm pretty sure he had to plead ignorance on this one. Cause if someone told him that that sort of behavior was FROWNED upon . . . In other easy punchline news, the Anna Benson show may soon be coming to a ballpark near you.

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Aiming to show that he's recovered from shoulder surgery, right-hander Kris Benson wowed the crowd on Monday at his workout for scouts, likely amping up the interest in the free-agent hurler.