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A TRADITION WORTH KEEPING

JOE SHEEHAN

@JOE_SHEEHAN

Watching your favorite team finish out its season, you’ve certainly seen some new faces, young players called up from the minors to get a taste of the majors for the first time. Some are prospects, some are filler, but they’re all part of what is projected to be the last crop of September callups for a while.

Beginning in 2020, Major League Baseball will cap rosters in September at 28, down from the current 40, and put an end to one of the game’s most polarizing traditions. In the negotiation, the union earned an

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