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Cricket makes a baseball connection
Originally Published: March 9, 2011
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Jim Caple | Page 2
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona outfielder Chris Young introduced himself to Abhimanyu Rajp outside the Diamondbacks' spring training clubhouse: "So you're the guy I'm going to rake?"
Well, we would see about that soon enough. But I was just impressed by Young and teammate Justin Upton for being curious and sporting enough to test their skills in cricket, which could be viewed as a no-win situation for them. If they batted poorly off a cricket bowler, they risked its reflecting poorly ...
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