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5. Cody Ross MVP

If there is a nicer story than this in post-season baseball this year, I don't know what it is. Ross, the afterthought waiver claim, slugged three home runs, drove in five and scored four times to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Philadelphia Phillies and into the World Series. The Giants put in a claim for Ross to block him from reaching the San Diego Padres, their competition in the National League West. Much to their surprise, ross not only fell to them, but his owners, the Florida Marlins didn't pull him back (or reportedly even ask for anything in return), instead letting him go to the Giants on a straight waiver claim.

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5. Cody Ross

As we remarked here at RotoCommunity, the Giants evidently put in a waiver claim on Cody Ross with no intention of actually getting him, instead pre-empting the Padres from acquiring him for the stretch run. The Giants had no intention of paying for Ross, so when the claim fell to them they assumed the Marlins would call and ask "what will you give us" and they would say nothing and voila!, the Marlins take him back off waivers and the world goes on revolving. Instead, the Marlins said, you can have him for nothing, and the Giants found themselves with a redundant outfielder... until he hit two home runs sealing the Giants opener in the NLCS in back of a fine pitching performance by Tim Lincecum.

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5. Those Darn Umpires!!!

A bunch of iffy calls in the post season and towards the end of the regular season (on top of Jim Joyce's admitted error on Armando Galaragga's now one-hitter) have put the topic of umpiring on the hot list. The MLBPA has requested a meeting with representatives of MLB and the Umpires to hash out "communications" issues and perhaps talk about "instant" replay. 

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Thanks for reading this column this season. We posted our last Weekday Round-up on Friday. This will be the last Weekend Round-up of 2010. We'll be back in October with our once-per-week off-season News Round-ups.

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