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• On Brian Wilson and the Giants' plans for their closer
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea from the winter meetings in Nashville . . . Where will Brian Wilson pitch in 2013? His agent, Dan Lozano, told The Chronicle seven teams are interested, some...
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• Giants keeping door open for Wilson
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants haven't given up on Brian Wilson, despite their refusal to tender a deal to the popular closer who underwent his second Tommy John elbow surgery in...
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• Wilson's agents talking to many clubs, but not Giants
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  It's clear the Giants and Brian Wilson don't agree on much these days. Expect more back-and-forth between Wilsons camp and the club before we find out where the...
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• WINTER MEETINGS: Giants keep door open for Wilson, seek platoon partner for Blanco
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The Giants are packing up here in Nashville, with just the Rule 5 draft remaining on Thursday. They don't expect to pick up any stray prospects, but that doesn't matter...
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• San Francisco Giants still have interest in re-signing Brian Wilson
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Vice president of baseball operations Bobby Evans said the San Francisco Giants will continue to monitor Brian Wilson's first foray into free agency, and remain open to...
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• Scutaro brings intangible value to Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In the afterglow of enriching his sixth Major League team on its championship journey, Marco Scutaro in any other uniform in 2013 simply would not have felt right. He...
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• Scutaro staying with Giants for three years, $20M
  From the Web › SI.com
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Second baseman Marco Scutaro is staying in San Francisco, right where he wanted to be.
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• Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with SanFrancisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-nighttrade.
  Share • December 5, 2012 at 3:40 AM
• Scutaro, Giants agree on three-year deal worth 20 million
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Postseason hero Marco Scutaro has agreed to return to the Giants on a three-year deal worth 20 million, Insider Andrew Baggarly has confirmed.
  Share • December 4, 2012 at 10:40 PM
• Tuesday night's Giants lineup: Scutaro is back in a familiar spot
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Well, it's not the 15 years, three-thousand-million dollars that Marco Scutaro asked for after the championship parade. But it's a heck of a deal nonetheless for a...
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• Giants reach three-year deal with Marco Scutaro
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The Giants have reached a three-year, $20 million deal with free agent second baseman Marco Scutaro, pending a physical. Scutaro and Angel Pagan were the organization's...
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• San Francisco Giants reach three-year deal with Marco Scutaro
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Deal with second baseman comes after making sure manager Bruce Bochy and G.M. Brian Sabean will stick around earlier in the day at the winter meetings
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• Giants, Scutaro agree to 3-year, $20M contract
  From the Web › ESPN
  Second baseman Marco Scutaro is staying in San Francisco after agreeing to a $20 million, three-year contract with the Giants late Tuesday.
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• Giants, Scutaro reach three-year deal
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The San Francisco Giants have reached agreement with free-agentsecond baseman Marco Scutaro on a three-year, $20 million deal,pending a physical
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• Marco Scutaro re-signs for three years and $20 million
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea from the winter meetings . . . The Giants went 3-for-3, signing their top three free agents. Marco Scutaro joined the mix late Tuesday night by agreeing to a...
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• AP sources: Giants make Marco Scutaro 2-year offer
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Two people with knowledge of the negotiations say second basemanMarco Scutaro is weighing a two-year contract offer from the SanFrancisco Giants that includes a vesting...
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• Giants re-sign Marco Scutaro to three-year, $20 million deal
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  From FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal comes word that the Giants have re-signed infielder Marco Scutaro to a three-year contract worth a total of $20 million. The Giants were...
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• WINTER MEETINGS: As Giants wait on Scutaro, they make "no-brainer" move with Bochy, Sabean
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Will make this quick for now, because there's a decent chance that most of what we've learned in the past few hours could change pretty quickly. The Giants would like to...
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• Giants continue push to re-sign Scutaro
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants remained busy Tuesday at baseball's Winter Meetings, striving to sign second baseman Marco Scutaro while reports insisted that San Francisco was outfielder...
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• Bochy OK with Giants in World Baseball Classic
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Manager Bruce Bochy gave position players his blessing Tuesday to participate in the World Baseball Classic next March. But he'll watch his pitchers who wish to enter...
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• Breakfast with Pence a hot SU2C auction item
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It's appropriate that one of several items the Giants will be donating to Major League Baseball's unprecedented auction is an opportunity to join Hunter Pence during a...
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• Giants pick up 2014 options on Sabean, Bochy
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It was a foregone conclusion that the Giants would exercise the 2014 options on the contracts of general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy. Those moves...
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• Giants offer Scutaro two years plus vesting option
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Marco Scutaro, the 2012 NLCS MVP, is weighing an offer on the table from the Giants while continuing to gauge interest from the Yankees and, perhaps most strongly, from...
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• San Francisco Giants make sure manager Bruce Bochy and GM Brian Sabean will stick around
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Marco Scutaro and Giants discussing a two-year deal, with a possible third year added
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• Update: Bidding on Marco Scutaro is up to three-years, $24 million
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Update: Buster Olney is chiming back in, with a source telling him it's 50-50 that Scutaro returns to the Giants. The source indicated that St. Louis is the most likely...
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• Giants pick up 2014 options, plan to further extend Bochy, Sabean
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  In a decision plucked straight out of what Giants CEO Larry Baer called no-brainer land, the club formally exercised its 2014 contract options on manager Bruce Bochy and...
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• Giants exercise 2014 options on Brian Sabean, Bruce Bochy
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  From columnist John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle comes word that the Giants have exercised options for the 2014 season on manager Bruce Bochy and general manager...
  Share • December 4, 2012 at 3:40 PM
• Giants taking part in auction to aid cancer research
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants-related items up for grabs in the Stand Up To Cancer auction feature the greatest of the past and present. Bidding closes at 8:59 p.m. PT Thursday.
  Share • December 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM
• Giants add four GIBBYs to postseason awards haul
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Reflecting their status as World Series champions, the Giants had four players recognized as winners in various categories in the GIBBY Awards, which were announced...
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• Bruce Bochy wants Brian Wilson back with the Giants
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Brian Wilson isn't happy that the Giants non-tendered him and isn't wanted by the Dodgers, but manager Bruce Bochy would like the rehabbing right-hander back in San...
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• The National League is poised to have some excellent rotations
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Even with Zack Greinke and Anibal Sanchez still up for grabs, the National League already seems set to sport some excellent rotations in 2013. How about this for the top...
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• San Francisco Giants' offseason plans hinge on table setters
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Angel Pagan, Marco Scutaro continue to test free-agent market.
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• EXTRA BAGGS: Giants want a heavier Lincecum (without burgers), etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants don't want Tim Lincecum to grease-bomb his way back to his 2011 weight. But they'd like him to begin the year with some reserves in his tank.
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• Pagan deal win for Giants in busy CF market
  From the Web › SI.com
  MLB Hit and Run - Jay Jaffe on Baseball
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• WINTER MEETINGS: Giants get their guy, now focused on their other guy; Bochy to reach out to Wilson
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  "TV Money." It's the buzzword here at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. Every conversation includes some variation of the phrase, "There's a lot of money out...
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• Cut4: Pagan celebrates new contract
  From the Web › MLB.com
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• Bochy will make recruiting pitch to Brian Wilson
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he planned to call Brian Wilson in an effort to recruit the three-time All-Star closer, who is not happy that his former team didn't...
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• Scutaro talks continue; Giants weigh LF options
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Asked to characterize the Marco Scutaro negotiations, Giants VP Bobby Evans said he has been discussing "various offers and considerations from the beginning."
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• Giants unveil 37-game Spring Training slate
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Variety highlights the Giants' 2013 exhibition schedule announced Monday, as the World Series champions will face each of their Cactus League brethren at least once at...
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• Giants release Cactus League schedule
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Giants pitchers and catchers will report to Scottsdale on Feb. 12 and the club will open the exhibition schedule Feb. 23 at home against an Angels split squad -- the...
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• Tommy Lasorda: Barry Bonds (and others) shouldn't be in Hall of Fame
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea from the winter meetings . . . Tommy Lasorda told me he doesn't believe Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Sammy Sosa should go to the Hall of Fame. "To me, they...
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• Pagan, Giants have agreement on four-year deal
  From the Web › SI.com
  SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants and free agent center fielder Angel Pagan have reached agreement on a four-year contract.
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• BREAKING: Angel Pagan re-signing with Giants
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea from the winter meetings in Nashville . . . Angel Pagan is returning to the Giants. It's a done deal pending a physical, I'm told, and it's a four-year...
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• San Francisco Giants announce 2013 spring training schedule
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Cactus League opener for the San Francisco Giants will be on Feb. 23 against the Los Angeles Angels
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• Angel Pagan goes from fringe regular to $40 million player
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Mets were strongly considering non-tendering Angel Pagan rather than pay him $5 million or so for 2012. Instead, they found a taker for him in the Giants, who sent...
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• Giants bring back Pagan with four-year deal
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants and center fielder Angel Pagan agreed to terms on a four-year contract reportedly worth 40 million. The announcement is pending a physical, Giants sources...
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• Tim Lincecum's offseason conditioning program
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea from the winter meetings in Nashville . . . Tim Lincecum didn't have a Tim Lincecum-like year – at least not until he started dominating batters as a...
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• Giants reach deal with Angel Pagan
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The Giants have reached an agreement with free agent Angel Pagan, pending a physical. Pagan will get $40 million over four years, according to Yahoo Sports. Pagan, the...
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• San Francisco Giants agree to terms with outfielder Angel Pagan
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Giants to bring back Pagan with four-year, $40 million contract
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• Giants agree to four-year deal to keep Pagan
  From the Web › ESPN
  The San Francisco Giants and free agent center fielder Angel Pagan have reached agreement on a four-year contract.
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• Giants, Pagan reach agreement on four-year deal
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The San Francisco Giants and free agent center fielder AngelPagan have reached agreement on a four-year contract.
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• Free-agent Pagan to stay with Giants
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  San Francisco Giants, Angel Pagan agree on new contract. San Francisco Giants, Angel Pagan agree on new contract
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• MLB.com/SU2C Auction has amazing opportunities
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Bidding is under way in an unprecedented MLB.com Auction that will benefit Stand Up To Cancer. Items up for bid include meetings with and autographs from more than a...
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• Report: Giants bring back Pagan with four-year deal
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants appeared poised Monday to re-sign Angel Pagan, their leadoff hitter and center fielder who commanded ample attention as a free agent.
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• Giants re-sign Angel Pagan to four-year, $40 million deal
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  UPDATE: Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports says it's a done deal at four years and $40 million. ========== Even though the last we heard was that the negotiations between the...
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• Scott Hairston has six suitors, holds out for two-year deal
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Free agent Scott Hairston may yet choose to return to the Mets, but he's also drawing interest from the Cardinals, Giants, Indians, Tigers and Yankees, according to...
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• Blue Jays claim Eli Whiteside off waivers from Yankees
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Eli Whiteside has been a busy guy. First the Yankees claimed him off waivers from the Giants in early November. Then he avoided arbitration with the Yankees by signing a...
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• Shane Victorino is fielding calls from Indians, Red Sox, Giants
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Shane Victorino‘s down 2012 season will likely prevent him from getting a five-year deal as a free agent, but he's still a very popular free agent: Cleveland is an...
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• Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa — a word from Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea from the winter meetings . . . Here in the press room, the Hall of Fame just announced three new members from the pre-integration era: umpire Hank O'Day...
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• Bourn, Pagan, Victorino on Giants' outfield wish list
  From the Web › SI.com
  SI Tracking Blog - Breaking Sports News As It Happens From The MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, NCAA And Formula 1
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• Eyes on Angel as Giants arrive at Winter Meetings
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants acquired Angel Pagan at last year's Winter Meetings. As their delegation arrived for this year's Meetings, they had to prepare themselves for the possibility...
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• San Francisco Giants' top offseason priorities
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Giants' top three needs: Re-sign Angel Pagan, bring back Marco Scutaro, add depth
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• San Francisco Giants' offseason plans hinge on table setters
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Angel Pagan, Marco Scutaro continue to test free-agent market
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• Poll: Which player most deserves to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Poll: Which player most deserves to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
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• Cut4: Brian Wilson through the years
  From the Web › MLB.com
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• Brian Wilson isn't happy with the Giants
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Brian Wilson was the most noteworthy name among those who were non-tendered last night. There's still a chance he could return to the Giants at a discounted rate, but...
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• The Diamondbacks are interested in Aubrey Huff
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Jack Magruder of FOXSports.com hears that the Diamondbacks have "made contact" with free agent Aubrey Huff. He's apparently a target as the club looks for a backup...
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• Baseball notes: Giants' Brian Wilson among players not offered contracts for 2013
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Former Giants outfielder Nate Schierholtz also among those not tendered contracts for next season.
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• Non-tendered by Giants, Wilson hits free agency
  From the Web › SI.com
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Brian Wilson and his overgrown black beard might be headed out of the Bay Area.
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• San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson becomes a free agent
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The San Francisco Giants elected to non-tender Brian Wilson on Friday, meaning the former All-Star closer is now a free agent.
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• Giants' Wilson on free-agent market
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Brian Wilson and his overgrown black beard might be headed outof the Bay Area.
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• Wilson non-tendered by Giants, enters free agency
  From the Web › MLB.com
  To remain with the Giants, Brian Wilson will have to do something that he avoids on the mound: compromise.
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• Brian Wilson officially a free agent, plans to seek another team
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Brian Wilson officially became a free agent tonight when the Giants did not tender him a contract for 2013. He is not free to sign with any team. That includes the...
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• GIANTS NOTES: Wilson is a free agent; the push for Pagan
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The Giants non-tendered Brian Wilson on Friday night, meaning the former All-Star closer is now a free agent. Wilson made just two appearances this season before having...
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• The Hall of Fame debate: How our writers and editors plan to vote
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.
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• Giants' Wilson, Orioles' Reynolds non-tendered
  From the Web › ESPN
  The San Francisco Giants declined to tender a one-year contract to bearded closer Brian Wilson on Friday, making him a free agent as he recovers from a second ligament...
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• Giants don't tender contract to closer Wilson
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  The San Francisco Giants declined to tender a one-year contractto bearded closer Brian Wilson on Friday, making him a free agentas he recovers from a second ligament...
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• Phillies looking at free-agent Pagan
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Sources say the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giantshave made four-year offers to free-agent outfielder Angel Pagan.
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• Geracie: Barry Bonds will get Hall of Fame vote, but Roger Clemens can wait
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Sammy Sosa not worthy of the Hall of Fame, according to this voter
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• Monte Poole: Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens get votes; keeping then out seems pointless
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Sammy Sosa will be bypassed, as his homers were chemically induced and otherwise he wasn't that good
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