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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Lastings Milledge

By Tangotiger, 05:21 PM

Nate Silver is going gangbusters in blogging, and it’s a fun read. He talks about the latest Mets player fans can’t stand, Lastings Milledge. The interesting nugget is on how well he did on the road in the minor leagues (check out all those triples and home runs and also see how his teammates did. But, when he says:

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