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Can these surprises last?

By Eric Neel
Page 2

Thursday, June 17, 2004

We're 60-odd games in now and some things are pretty much as we expected. The A's and Yankees are in first place, Eric Gagne's been blowing people away, the Cubs and Cardinals have been brawling, and interleague play's been -- like sweet and sour pork -- kind of funny-looking and vaguely unsatisfying, even when it's good. It's business as usual, really. But there have been a few surprises. Surprise: Master Barry is on pace for 228 walks and about 30 strikeouts. I didn't think he could surpris ...

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