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Rob Reed
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Re: Miguel Tejada has unfortunately caught the disease that increases your age by two years.  Doctors refer to the disease as 'lying-about-your-age'-itis 
4/18/08, 10:58pm (<font size=1 color=white>Last Edited: 4/18/08, 10:58pm</font>)
    This one is quite unusual.  In the past, several Dominican players have been known to give themselves an extra year in age so they can be signed at the minimum age of 16, as Adrian Beltre had done.  This is the first instance when I've heard a Dominican player make himself two years younger.

[Jaydawg from Tarzana/CA]
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