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Gonzalez listening, learning from Hernandez

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Thursday, March 30, 2006

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The classy veterans, the ones with a long-term viewpoint, always place the team ahead of individual interests. Just ask Jorge Posada. Nine years ago, when Posada was about to break through with the New York Yankees, incumbent catcher Joe Girardi could have made his life difficult by initiating a turf war. But Girardi acted like a pro and did everything possible to ease the kid's transition. Roberto Hernandez can relate. In the summer of 1992 Hernandez was a promising reliev ...

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