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Duensing among unlikely September stars

By Buster Olney

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The crises come daily in the pennant races, and all the stuff that really matters at the outset of spring training -- pedigree, salary, past statistics -- really doesn't matter in September. If you show that you can be part of the solution, managers will keep giving you the ball to pitch or keep giving you at-bats. Brian Duensing wasn't part of the master plan for the Minnesota Twins. He wasn't projected to be part of Ron Gardenhire's rotation. Pitching for Triple-A Rochester this season, Duens ...

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