Article: CUDDYER READY, WILLING AND WAITING FOR THE CALL.(SPORTS)

Byline: JAMI FRANKENBERRY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

If Michael Cuddyer keeps humming ``The waiting is the hardest part,'' no one could blame him.

Those lyrics, from an '80s Tom Petty song, couldn't be more true for the Edmonton Trappers outfielder this season.

First, an April snowstorm in Edmonton postponed most of the Triple-A Trappers' first two home series. Then, Cuddyer missed 16 games because of a pulled oblique muscle.

Now Cuddyer, a Chesapeake native who is in the midst of his second consecutive All-Star season, waits for the Minnesota Twins to promote him to the majors.

``Sometimes it's frustrating,'' said Cuddyer, 23, who ...

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