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Matt Garza's Turning Point
afabrizio@tampatrib.com Published: October 5, 2008 CHICAGO - Before Matt Garza could begin to realize his potential as a dominant pitcher, he had to conquer his demons. That he has come as far as he has and has an opportunity to pitch his team into the American League Championship Series today ...
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Elimination games are good things, right?
Sox Machine — ... for the archived ones). Garza hasn't faced the Sox this year, but in his time with the Twins, the Sox thumped him for nine runs on 22 hits over 12 1/3 innings. Perhaps that's because he comes at hitters hard with a fastball that sits around 94-95, which the Sox can actually hit. He's generally been one of Tampa's toughest pitchers since getting into a dugout spat with Dioner Navarro June 8 , but he's had some issues as of late, with ...

[THE HANGOVER]
Rays Index — ... Tony Fabrizio takes a look back at the turning point in Matt Garza's season when he and Dioner Navarro came to blows in the dugout. [Tampa Tribune] ...

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