On-Base Perception
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Why you should be wary of the Ichiro Suzuki trade
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The trade that brought Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees kicked off a back-page bonanza. It should have prompted a shrug of the shoulders.
It's not that the trade was all that bad. Any trade in which a team gives up two spare-part pitchers for a low-cost addition can't be categorized as bad.
It's just that the trade wasn't all that inspiring, either.
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