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    Team USA was greeted by a few hundred fans and blaring music at Santa Clara University's sparkling 3-year-old Stephen Schott Stadium, where the school's players and athletic staff were on hand to help and serve as a welcoming committee. "Here we are. It's good to get on the field and get moving. This is the next step and we've kind of got that Christmas giddiness going on ... We're excited, we're nervous, we're anxious all those things." Nate Schierholtz, in Triple-A for the San Francisco Giants organization, and Matt LaPorta, acquired by Cleveland in the trade that sent CC Sabathia to Milwaukee earlier this month, both crushed several home runs that had the crowd cheering. Full Article at Barre Montpelier Times-Argus
    Here we are. It's good to get on the field and get moving. This is the next step and we've kind of got that Christmas giddiness going on ... We're excited, we're nervous, we're anxious all those things.
    SOURCE: Barre Montpelier Times-Argus 15 months ago
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  1. I think it's just finally caught up with me, all the travel. It's been interesting that's for sure ... I wouldn't miss it. It's all worth it. It's special, absolutely surreal.
    – Brandon Knight SOURCE: Barre Montpelier Times-Argus 15 months ago
  2. I think that was the roughest six poles I've run in my life
    SOURCE: Barre Montpelier Times-Argus 15 months ago

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