Imperfect Fit
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- O's end skid, beat Yankees in 10th | Reax
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- Announcer: Sweets sunk Chapman Sunday
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- Canseco, 48, to be player-coach for one series
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Oh, Mike Trout is suddenly hitting .293/.373/.558.
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Wonder how unique Gordon's career path is? @NathanHBishop @robneyer Alex Gordon is responsible for me not giving up on Justin Smoak.
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Time to end the Aaron Harang experiment.
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