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CINCINNATI — At his locker in the American League All-Stars clubhouse a month ago, Athletics slugger Brent Rooker and I spent a few minutes talking about the kind of pitching he and his Midsummer Classic teammates were going to face. The National League had just plucked a right-handed rookie who threw a pit

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