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Sunday reading: Lastings Milledge, Jose Tabata, Wally Backman and Hideki Matsui

For my Baseball Insider, I spoke with Pirates GM Neal Huntington about two players with New York roots, Lastings Milledge and Jose Tabata. Milledge is about running out of chances - he'll be 25 in April - so this is a crucial season for him. Tabata, though, is only 21, and his on-base skills are impressive.

Huntington said that he was counting on bounceback seasons from at least two of...

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