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8/3/2010 The Buck Starts Here

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He looked nervous to me. I'm not sure i've seen anyone bounce a throw that badly from that position at 3rd.

Gotta be nerves. He had a pedigree coming in. Couple ST games I saw he threw it all over the place. Ton of errors in AAA. Hopefully Buck can get him to just relax.

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