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We’re the reason A-Rod wasn’t in the Home Run Derby
bugsandcranks.com - 7/15/2008
We’re the reason A-Rod wasn’t in the Home Run Derby
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It’s a slow news day when the usually intelligent Jayson Stark, senior writer for espn.com, decides to write an article that mostly ignores logic, common sense, and, well, reality. For some reason, Stark considers a home run derby in Yankee stadium without a Yankee participant to be some sort of crime. Then, since every crime needs a suspect, he assigns one: Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod not ...

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