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Elias Says ...

By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Friday, October 20, 2006

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: World Series • Tony La Russa named rookie Anthony Reyes as his starting pitcher for Game 1 of the World Series on Friday. The Tigers also are starting a rookie, Justin Verlander. It's the first time in World Series history that each team will start a rookie pitcher in the opening game.  Verlander  Reyes There have been six other rookie-versus-rookie World Series games: Game 3 in 1948, Indians (Gene Bearden) vs. Br ...

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