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Article: Mets beat Garcia, Phils: the Phillies again failed to erupt, but the manager did against a critic.(baseball player Freddy Garcia)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- April 18, 2007
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Byline: Todd Zolecki
Apr. 18--Think back to December for a moment.
The Phillies had suffered a fruitless off-season when they arrived at the winter meetings in Orlando, Fla. They lost the Alfonso Soriano sweepstakes. They lost Randy Wolf to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They struck out in every attempt to improve their bullpen. But then the Phillies traded for Freddy Garcia, and optimism soared.
Garcia, who opened the season on the disabled list with right biceps tendinitis, made his Phillies debut last night at Citizens Bank Park. But his return couldn't spark the worst team in the National League in an 8-1 loss to the New York Mets.
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