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Filed under: Angels, AL West, Anaheim, The Dugout

During the season, MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball, filled to the brim and overflowing with baseball news, rumors, and reports. But in the middle of the dead winter offseason, THAT is when MLB.com gets AWESOME.

There's only so much to write about after the trades have been made and before the pitchers report. If Dontrelle Willis goes to Japan and plays tamborine with some Japanese school children, you cover it. If Dmitri Young improperly combs his son's hair, you write an editorial explaining how it's indicative of a greater aspect of Young's person. And sometimes... only sometimes... you get to compare one thing to another. That's where MLB.com is a Viking.

After the jump, The Dugout deals with the clear, obvious reality that Chuck Finley was at one point way better than Nolan Ryan. When you're done reading, get out a sheet of paper and write 500 words about how Travis Fryman deserves a unanimous vote for the Hall of Fame because he played in the era of steroids and integration, and how that's got to be way harder.

Continue reading The Dugout: In Fair Company

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