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Baseball Musings: Statistics Archives
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The Baseball Analysts: Designated Hitter Archives
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Hall call would suit Jim Thome perfectly
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The Baseball Analysts: Would You Like Some Baseball With Your Ham?
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The Baseball Analysts: Baseball Beat Archives
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Jim Thome: Twins DH still hitting home runs despite being 40
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Dell Alston Cardboard Gods
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The Baseball Analysts: Would You Like Some Baseball With Your Ham?
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The Baseball Analysts: March 2009 Archives
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The Baseball Analysts: Behind the Scoreboard Archives
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Bill James, Dave Kingman, and “The Man from the Train.”
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Joe Morgan - Wikipedia