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2009 FA outfielders - bz - 09-22-2009
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Yes, I can see where an ellipse would have been helpful.
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I'm not really sure how that would have helped your sentence.
2009 FA outfielders - jstraw - 09-22-2009
<!--quoteo(post=64034:date=Sep 22 2009, 02:29 PM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Sep 22 2009, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64018:date=Sep 22 2009, 12:38 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Sep 22 2009, 12:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64012:date=Sep 22 2009, 11:28 AM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Sep 22 2009, 11:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This sentence didn't make sense to me for a few minutes because I read it like this.
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Yes, I can see where an ellipse would have been helpful.
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I'm not really sure how that would have helped your sentence.
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Pardon, ellipsis.
2009 FA outfielders - leonardsipes - 09-22-2009
It seems to me, Hendry is just trying to be a little too clever. Bradley is the kind of higher risk, higher ceiling move a small market team needs to make. The Cubs needed a run producer, and should have signed Abreau