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Caught Looking

By Ian Gordon

Thursday, October 2, 2008

These are desperate days for Alfredo Reyes. But he's trying not to think about it on this sun-drenched morning at a dusty field in La Isabelica, minutes after a Venezuelan winter league matinee. His teammates holler at him to hurry the hell up, but the 21-year-old lefty reliever chats away—about his family, his hometown of Valencia—as he idly scans the dugout for his glove. When asked about his failed drug tests, though, he can't hide his exasperation. "If they say that's what happen ...

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