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Angel Pagan finally arrives after leaving Mets; Puerto Rico reaches final

Puerto Rico's Angel Pagan watches Japan take batting

Photo credit: Getty | Puerto Rico's Angel Pagan watches Japan take batting practice before semifinal Game 1 of the World Baseball Classic Championship at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif. (March 17, 2013)

SAN FRANCISCO -- To say the Mets dumped Angel Pagan wouldn't be completely accurate. They did get Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez in return from the Giants.

But, yeah, it was pretty close to that.

And now Pagan couldn't be happier. If the World Series ring and the new four-year, $40-million contract weren't enough, then leading the next generation of Puerto Rican players will have to...

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