dugoutcentral.com - 4/22/2008
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More Yankees, and more fallout resulting from the poor performance of the starters, this time on Ross Ohlendorfer. He should be used as a 7th or 8th inning guy, but is getting dragged into long relief.
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A Sinking Feeling
Fack Youk —
... I liked Ohlendorf and thought he would carve out a decent little career with the Yanks. I felt they misused him last year, as he became the de facto long man when they opened the season without one. Once he was demoted to Scranton and put back in the rotation, you knew they were showcasing him as tradebait. Sure enough he was a key cog in the deal that brought Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte. ...
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