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Lost at the plate

By Andrew and Brian Kamenetzky
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Don't ask Dodgers catcher Russell Martin to pin down the moment his swing came off the rails. He can't. "Spring training felt pretty good, but then I don't know what happened," he says. "It's was hard finding a groove and a rhythm, and when I had it, it just seemed like it didn't last very long." While the Dodgers have seen young talent like Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier mature into stars, their 26-year-old fourth-year catcher -- already a Gold Glove winner in 2007 and twice an All-Star (2007, ' ...

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