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Take Me Out to ... The Winter Meetings In Vegas, Baby, Vegas
JOE POSNANSKI
December 22, 2008
Baseball's annual swap meet was a mere sideshow to the circus of showgirls, rodeo, slots and neon kitsch, but it ultimately delivered a $161 million jackpot, a 4 a.m. free-agent signing and a 12-player—12!—trade. (Plus the usual frenzy of rumors, half-truths, outright lies and the stem-winding stories from the old baseball men)
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December 22, 2008

Take Me Out To ... The Winter Meetings In Vegas, Baby, Vegas

Baseball's annual swap meet was a mere sideshow to the circus of showgirls, rodeo, slots and neon kitsch, but it ultimately delivered a $161 million jackpot, a 4 a.m. free-agent signing and a 12-player—12!—trade. (Plus the usual frenzy of rumors, half-truths, outright lies and the stem-winding stories from the old baseball men)

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SA: Yeah. What you hearing?

BW: Maybe Arizona.

SA: Yeah, I heard something.

BW: You think?

SA: I don't know.

BW: Depends on the third guy.

SA: I didn't know there was a third guy.

BW: Yeah.

SA: Well, a third guy—that could be interesting.

BW: Oakland could get in too.

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