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If you thought winter was weird ...

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 12, 2009

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Is it over yet? We're talking, of course, about a period we once used to refer to as "the offseason." (Sheez, you were expecting maybe the A-Rod-Madonna lovefest?) That isn't a question we normally ask when we unfurl our annual spring training preview/offseason-wrapup extravaganza, you understand. This is usually the place where we celebrate the end of stuff like Pudge Rodriguez's tireless search for employment. But this has been one weird winter. Which means it's going to ...

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