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Patterson, finding cheap steals

By Eric Karabell

Thursday, March 6, 2008

A few years ago, I was in Las Vegas, as I am on this fine Friday, and I found myself drafting an NL-only fantasy baseball team with others in the industry. Early on I went for the hitters, as I always do, but for some reason I wasn't getting any speed to go with the power. Albert Pujols, Carlos Lee and Andruw Jones did their jobs and even ran some, but my team was lacking in stolen bases. I knew it. So midway through the draft, I took a few chances with open outfield slots, reaching on what fan ...

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