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Maine rises from obscurity to Game 1 start

By Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

NEW YORK -- Dozens of reporters trolled through the Mets' clubhouse Tuesday morning, circling every star who paused in front of his locker -- first catcher Paul Lo Duca, then Carlos Beltran, then Tom Glavine. John Maine Starting Pitcher New York MetsProfile 2006 SEASON STATISTICS GM W L BB K ERA 16 6 5 33 71 3.60 John Maine, on the other hand, dressed unencumbered, nodding at a couple of clubhouse attendants as they passed. Who could have known that within two hours, circums ...

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