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Marlins hope to shut down Braves

By By Jim Baker
MLB Insider

Friday, April 16, 2004

Best Matchup of the Weekend (Best combined records with both teams being over .500): Oakland Athletics at Anaheim Angels, 12-7 (.632) When we think of the A's, we usually think of a team that starts slowly and then puts the spurs to it late in the season. Should it surprise us, then, to find them at 6-3 at this point? Not anymore. They're getting better coming out of the gate. These are their nine-game records in the Billy Beane era: 1999: 4-5 2000: 3-6 2001: 2-7 2002: 6-3 2003: 7-2 2004: 6-3 ...

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