In a trade mock proposal designed to add left-handed firepower to the New York Yankees bullpen, New York would send two top prospects to Miami for Andrew Nardi.

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He also spoke often of Bobby Shantz, a diminutive left-handed pitcher. I’d had a few baseball cards of Shantzbut had never given his career much of a look until recently. What a mistake that was.

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