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The major league experience isn't all fun and games

By Jeff Pearlman
Special to Page 2

Monday, July 21, 2008

BOSTON -- When Mike Lamb and I last spoke in the spring of 2000, he was embarking upon what many predicted would be a limitless, dizzying, wonderful career. He was, at the peachy-cheeked age of 24, the Rangers' third baseman of the future and present; a former walk-on at Cal State Fullerton who, based upon the strength of a .324 batting average/21 HR/100 RBI season at Triple-A Tulsa in 1999, was now being counted on to provide sock to the Texas lineup. As one of Sports Illustrated's three baseb ...

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