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Article: Each week, Nationals beat writers Mark Zuckerman and Ben Goessling debate a baseball issue. This week: Who came out the best from this year's trade deadline?(SPORTS)(POINT-COUNTERPOINT)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
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Byline: Mark Zuckerman and Ben Goessling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Each week, Nationals beat writers Mark Zuckerman and Ben Goessling debate a baseball issue. This week: Who came out the best from this year's trade deadline?
MARK ZUCKERMAN: I'm taking the Angels. They already had the best record in the majors when they went out and acquired the best player on the market: Mark Teixeira. Yes, better than Manny Ramirez. This guy is in the prime of his career, wields a really potent bat and by all accounts doesn't give up on his team. Putting him in the middle of a lineup that already includes Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson makes them the ...