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Reserving judgment

By Rob Neyer
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

It's been a month since the Dodgers and Marlins agreed on the biggest trade of the season, but people are still talking about it. So let's talk. The Dodgers played brilliantly in July, going 21-7 and finishing the month with a three-game lead over the second-place Padres. Why would you mess with the roster that did that? Because the Dodgers did not, at that point, appear to have good enough starting pitching to make a splash in October. But to get Brad Penny (among others), the Dodgers gave up ...

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