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The Shadows Deepen

By Tim Keown

Friday, October 24, 2008

Baseball doesn't need this, not now. Baseball doesn't need another federal case, not in the wake of Barry Bonds' joyless trudge toward 715, not with the exhaust fumes from the BALCO mess still wafting across America's playing fields, not with so many questions and so few answers. Before, the toxic cloud of mistrust hovered over the sluggers, especially Bonds and anyone else whose power spiked. But now, following the Jason Grimsley raid, the cloud envelops pitchers, too. No one is above suspicion ...

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