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Article: SQUEEZE PLAY
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- Sporting News
- Article date:
- August 5, 2005
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The trading deadline is approaching, and that can mean only one thing: all Peter Gammons all the time. For a few days, you'll hear more rumors about five-player blockbusters than you will about Tom Cruise's continuing brainwashing of Katie Holmes.
Though most fantasy owners face a later deadline in their leagues, the MLB wheeling and dealing is vital to the final two months of championship pursuits in fantasy leagues. Here's why:
1. Changing roles. As contending teams load up on talent, there are more opportunities for younger players (sleepers) on noncontending teams who previously were trapped on the bench or in the minors. Meanwhile, some players on top teams get robbed of at-bats. Your ...
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