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LAS VEGAS -- Searching for peace of mind amid a sea of speculation, Jack Wilson went to ... Las Vegas?

The Pirates shortstop checked in Monday at MLB's annual winter meetings at the Bellagio. Although he insisted the trip's aim is purely recreational -- "Hey, it's Vegas!" Wilson said with a 100- watt grin -- Wilson knew he'd stepped into ground zero of the offseason trade market.

And Wilson's name swirled in the middle of it all.

"It wasn't until last week that it really started to hit me," Wilson said. "That's when it started to get crazy. There was that false trade report (on the Internet) that really freaked us out."

By last night, however, things had gotten less frantic -- which ...

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