Who is Matt LaPorta?

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Who is Matt LaPorta?
Babes Love Baseball found this 7/6/2008 on stilespoints.blogspot.com [flag]
The Cleveland Indians traded C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee for their top prospect Matt LaPorta and two other minor leaguers...LaPorta played collegiate baseball for Florida...here is the lowdown on LaPorta... Matt LaPorta [link]

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Captain Cheeseburger Enjoys Brats
Published 7/6/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
... is 6-8 midway through the season with a 3.83 ERA and 123 strikeouts. Obviously, there are two sides to this trade: C.C. is coming and C.C. is going. I'm sure this fires up Brewers fans, who've had to deal with a shaky rotation led by Ben Sheets and ....Jeff Suppan? Then there are the Cleveland fans, who have an unknown prospect and a top farm kid to possibly make an impact in the near future. Yay rebuilding! [MLB] | [Fan House] | [Stiles Points] | [Brewers Blog] | [Tribe Time Report]

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