riveraveblues.com - 2/24/2009
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In city after city, baseball fans like to claim that their town is home to the most loyal, the most rabid fan base. New Yorkers will fight Bostonians and Philadelphians to the death while Chicogoans just sit back in watch. In Los Angeles, the fans leave in the 7th to beat the traffic, and in ...
viewfrommyseats.com - 2/26/2009
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viewfrommyseats.com —
Loyalty in baseball is a two-way street. We
want our players to be loyal, but the teams...
have to be loyal to the players as well. Judging by the Garrett Anderson signing in Atlanta, the Angels could learn a thing or two about loyalty.
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The Dying Loyalty of Baseball Teams | View From My Seats
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