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K-Rod made a splash for Angels in '02

By Rob Neyer
ESPN Insider

Monday, September 5, 2005

The valuable September call-up is a rarer creature than you might guess. Oh, plenty of great players have been September call-ups -- Ryne Sandberg, Mike Piazza, Gary Sheffield, John Olerud, Paul O'Neill, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker on the same day -- but most of these guys didn't actually play much, and none of them were key parts of pennant pushes. Essentially, if management thinks a player can make a real difference in September, they'll usually summon him from the minor leagues before Sep ...

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