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Dennis Sarfate during better times with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
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When Being Great Isn’t Good Enough

I’ve often wanted to write about Dennis Sarfate, but the time has never been quite right. I wasn’t writing about baseball during his affiliated years, nor had I switched to mainly covering unaffiliated baseball when he finally found success in Nippon Professional Baseball. Once I realized that players like Sarfate were the ones I wanted […]

Posted on August 13, 2020August 12, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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