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Atlanta reinvests in starting pitching

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Saturday, February 21, 2009

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- For nearly two decades, it has been about the most famous brand on any team in any sport: Starting rotation, Atlanta Braves. So let's spin back the clock, not to a time when nearly every living American could spit out the names, Smoltz-Maddux-Glavine. Nope, let's spin it back to last August, when the names in the Braves' starting rotation looked like this: Jorge Campillo … Charlie Morton … Jo-Jo Reyes … Jair Jurrjens … and somebody claiming to be ...

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