Yankees Sign Bartolo Colon

January 31, 2011
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Yankees Sign Bartolo Colon
Nine years ago, Bartolo Colon was a stud pitcher on his way to a 20-win season. As talk of relocation continued, the Montreal Expos went all in, shipping prospects Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore to Cleveland for Colon. Both Colon and Lee have won Cy Young Awards since, but Lee was this offseason’s top free agent and Colon is a consolation prize for a Yankees team that has a thin …
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A plywood black-and-orange representation of a coiled electric stove burner looms on the wall, a ramp lined with a chain of small wheels sits near the entrance and speed bags dangle from the high ceilings of the frigid Cohoes warehouse. The Dojo is also where Sparks — who was drafted by the Montreal Expos out of SUNY Cortland in 1996 and left the minor leagues with a shoulder injury in 2004 …
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