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Other teams' 'castoffs' making most of opportunity in Philadelphia "When one team doesn't give you the opportunity, you hope to get one somewhere else," said ex-Dodger Shane Victorino (right), acquired in the Rule 5 Draft. (AP) LOS ANGELES -- Within minutes of each other last week, J.C. Romero and Shane Victorino used these words to describe their respective roads to Philadelphia. "Someone's trash is someone else's treasure." If asked, fellow discards Greg Dobbs, Chad Durbin, Scott Eyre, Jayson Werth and Matt Stairs could utter the same six words. The sextet arrived in smaller moves over the past two seasons that barely registered on the transaction wire. Of that group, only Durbin appeared at an introductory press conference, and that was likely only because free-agent signee Geoff Jenkins was welcomed on the same day. Even... [read full story]
