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  <title>Arizona zeroing in on Garland</title>
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        <body>Ehh, what?.... Garland already rejected an offer from the Dbacks a week and a half ago. Now maybe there is a new offer on the table and they are negotiating, but this seems like old news.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-01-25T12:37:52-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>a stud in the west because the competition is like minor league ball....he's an avg. pitcher...not a difference maker on any team.</body>
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        <body>Watch how that 4.90 era miraculously becomes a 3.50 era just like Derek Lowe before him.</body>
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        <body>I would like see John play in the American Leauge.  I played travel baseball with him when he attended Kennedy HS in So Cal and he was just as good of a hitter as he was a pitcher.</body>
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        <body>Garland will be a stud in the NL West.</body>
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        <body>What they need is some offense.  Almost 500 Ks between Reynolds, Young, and Upton is going to hold up.</body>
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        <body>Come back to Chicago, Johnny!  We miss ya.</body>
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        <body>Brewers need Garland!</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;After trying for &lt;strong&gt;Randy Wolf&lt;/strong&gt; and flirting with all-time greats &lt;strong&gt;Pedro Martinez&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Curt Schilling&lt;/strong&gt;, the Diamondbacks seem to be focusing now on free-agent hurler &lt;strong&gt;Jon Garland&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arizona's hoping to fortify its already-strong rotation with another solid addition. The D-backs originally fancied Martinez and Schilling (a former Diamondbacks star), but in this slow market, Arizona is realizing it may be able to afford a younger guy like the 29-year-old Garland, who went 14-8 with a 4.90 ERA as an Angel last season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wolf, who turned down about $13 million over two years from Arizona, appears more likely to go back home to Los Angeles.&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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