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Looking for a major-league job? Stand in line

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Friday, February 1, 2008

NEWS ITEM: Nation's Unemployment Rate Hits 2-Year High Yes, America's unemployment problem remains big news, all right. But Mark Sweeney's unemployment problem? Not so big news. Ditto the continued joblessness of Doug Mientkiewicz. And Royce Clayton. And Kevin Mench. And lots and lots and lots of other men who think of themselves as fine, upstanding, theoretically employable baseball players. But the key word in that previous sentence is definitely "theoretically." B ...

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