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Can K-Rod maintain historic saves pace?

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

It's amazing how much can change in a matter of 84 days. I want to take you to the evening of April 7 for a moment. It was a typical night in Anaheim: 60 degrees, clear skies, little wind. But on that night, Francisco Rodriguez wasn't himself. He couldn't throw strikes, blew a 2-1 lead and didn't even finish his outing. His ankle -- which had been the subject of several news reports earlier in the day -- was bothering him, and his pain wasn't going away. Apparently, "K-Rod" had slipped off the ...

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