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Relief Efforts: Bell's quick start no fluke

By Eric Karabell
ESPN.com

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The common response to someone pointing out the first-place San Diego Padres are off to a blazing 6-2 start is to answer simply, "It can't continue." I don't disagree, because the Padres don't have much of an offense and nearly half the pitching staff was picked up off the scrap heap this offseason. These aren't particularly harbingers for success. There's nothing wrong with Adrian Gonzalez and Jake Peavy, but it's relatively easy to see a scenario in which this team's most valuable fantasy pla ...

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