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

—  Joe Kehoskie

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" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/sports/baseball/04chapman.html by Jack Curry (3 December 2009)

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