onemoredyingquail.blogspot.com - 3/31/2008
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In retrospect, that headline should have been used last week. Sometimes my creativity lags a few days behind. Earlier this month, the Milwaukee Brewers named Ben Sheets as the Opening Day starter. The accompanying story noted that it was his sixth season-opener in the past seven seasons. No disrespect to Sheets, but that seemed like a lot, especially for a guy with a career 113 ERA+. So I hit ...
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