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Patience needed with DeWitt

The Dodgers know they have to take the good with the bad with young second baseman

Updated: April 8, 2010, 10:58 AM ET
By Tony Jackson | ESPNLosAngeles.com

PITTSBURGH -- The Dodgers made a conscious decision over the winter not to bring back four-time Gold Glove second baseman Orlando Hudson. It was based largely on the fact that Hudson no longer seemed to fit into the fabric of the Dodgers' clubhouse, but there is no denying that it also was based at least in part because Hudson would command a salary much larger than the Dodgers really wanted to pay for the position.

The Dodgers also made that decision knowing there might be occasional consequences. ...

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