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Gabe Kalper, Giants, and Sports Illustrated

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Gabe Kalper, Giants, and Sports Illustrated
in the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated, this is what was written:
When Gabe Kapler snapped his Achilles tendon rounding second in Toronto last week, he had surprisingly little pain but faces surgery and a 12- to 18-month rehab. After the game the Red Sox outfielder, 30, was stoic, saying, "This is a bump in the road." One bump among many: Last fall Kapler left the world champion Sox for Japan's Yomiuri Giants and a chance to be a starter. But he struggled with Japanese pitching, hitting nearly 120 points below his .271 lifetime average. "The pitchers work slower, and they have hitches in their deliveries," he says. "Here there's more of a rhythm." [Read More...]
The magazine version includes a picture of him in a Giants uniform high-fiving teammates.
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