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November 7, 2009

The Next Best Player Who Won't Win a Championship

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With Alex Rodriguez galloping down the New York Yankees' parade route today, it got us thinking. How many years was it assumed that A-Rod was the best player in all of American sports who will never win a championship? For all those seasons in Seattle and Texas, there was little doubt that Rodriguez was a great in the game but would never be on a team that could bring home a title.

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TAGGED: Chris Paul, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Alex Rodriguez, mlb

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