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Any life left in these old bats?

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN Insider

Thursday, January 5, 2006

In the sports world, January is known more for bowl games and NFL coaching turnover than baseball hot stove machinations. But try telling the 80-plus free agents still on the market that the month is inconsequential. The list of job seekers includes the usual array of characters. There are Scott Boras clients (Jeff Weaver and Julian Tavarez), recent non-tenders (Josh Fogg), lefty lifers (Buddy Groom) and spare-part veterans (Carlos Baerga, Jose Offerman and Daryle Ward) in search of just the ri ...

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