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[Chapman] is a strong candidate for being the fool’s gold of the current free-agent market.

— Joe Kehoskie

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Source: On $30 million Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman's readiness for Major League Baseball, from the New York Times article "Risks Seen in Signing Cuban Defector" by Jack Curry (3 December 2009)
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