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Forget about any Home Run Derby jinx

Saturday, July 12, 2008

A buddy e-mails me the other day when he finds out a player he's targeting in a trade, the future AL rookie of the year, is going to compete in the Home Run Derby on Monday. "Darn, guess I won't be trading for Longoria now. Wait, you do believe in the derby curse, right?" You gotta be kidding me. Evan Longoria is a stud, and unless he gets hurt on Monday, nothing that happens in the derby is going to unravel his season. The guy is a future stud. But this does bring up the very important poin ...

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