Johan Santana fired up for new chapter

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Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered found this 2/7/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]
A medley from Johan Santana's favorite band blared as the ace entered the room. A video featuring prominent New Yorkers extolled the virtues of calling the Big Apple home. Then Omar Minaya unveiled his prize on Wednesday. [link]

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Fowled Up?
Published 2/7/2008 by Jay Jaffe at Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered
Whether due to being incapacitated by the lingering stench of the Mets‘ late-season collapse, blinded by the aura of Johan Santana as it radiated from Wednesday’s press conference, or simply agog at tales of cockfighing aces, I somehow neglected to include the Pedro Martinez-Tom Glavine tandem in today’s piece. Their five Cys (three for Martinez, two for Glavine) tie them with Martinez-Santana four fourth place on the very short list of multi-Cy Young ...

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