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There's Thome and then there's everyone else

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 12, 2002

Two winters ago, it was the A-Rod and Manny Show, co-starring their very special guests, Mike Hampton and Mike Mussina. Last winter, the names atop the free-agent marquee were Barry Bonds and John Smoltz, two men about to enroll in Free Agent U's Grass Ain't Greener School. And now, finally, the latest, not-so-greatest free-agent class of 2002-2003 is ready to head for the auction house. It's a class that includes three former Cy Youngs (Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens). It's a class t ...

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