Baseball is a fascinating business

(NY Times): Yankee AA pitcher "(Mark) Melancon, 23, is the reliever most likely to succeed Mariano Rivera as the Yankees’ closer, and he could make an impact sooner....Melancon pitched briefly for rookie-level Staten Island after the draft, but his elbow gave out in the Hawaiian winter league and he had Tommy John surgery on Oct. 31, 2006."... By Tyler Kepner, "Waiting for the Call," 6/6/08

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