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THE GUN SHOW

By Matt Meyers

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

In the new issue of ESPN The Magazine, we look at this summer's MLB hired guns, which we define as players on the verge of free agency who are traded to a contender for what will most likely become a two-month rental. This type of deal has dwindled in recent years as teams place a greater premium on the prospects necessary to acquire impact players at the deadline. This season, however, we were treated to a quintet of vintage hired-gun deals as CC Sabathia, Manny Ramirez, Ken Griffey, Ivan Ro ...

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