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	The saga of Galarraga ... from Chapellin to Copperstown! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Andres was born on a Sunday, June 18, 1961, in the Caracas barrio of Chapellin.
		Andres was born Padovani, his father's name but, as it often happens in Venezuela, the father took off and left Andres in the hands of his mother Galarraga.
		Galarraga won the batting title that year with an average of.370, beating Tony Gwynn, one of the best hitters of all time.
	www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=8221 (1086 words)

	JS Online: Nine lives: Galarraga returns after brush with death
		Atlanta's Andres Galarraga was one of baseball's top sluggers before a cancerous tumor forced him to sit out the 1999 season.
		Galarraga now takes his cuts in the batting cage with the rest of his teammates, gobbles up ground balls with the prowess that earned him the nickname "Big Cat" and generally does anything asked of him.
		If Galarraga is able to approach his productivity of recent years, he will provide a tremendous boost to an offense that was no match for the New York Yankees in the '99 World Series.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/mar00/bigcat08030700.asp?format=print (841 words)

	Tough Cat \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Andres Galarraga hopes to earn a bench role with the Mets and reach 400 home runs for his career.
		Galarraga was stuck on 398 homers — two short of a milestone reached by only nine active players.
		Galarraga was drilled on the left arm by a wayward fastball from Mets first-round draft choice Phillip Humber in the second day of live batting practice.
	www.ajc.com /sports/content/sports/braves/0205/28bigcat.html (719 words)

	Braves' Galarraga has cancerous tumor, will miss season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ATLANTA -- Andres Galarraga was enjoying the prime of his career in his late 30s, managing to turn back the clock with a vigorous training regimen.
		Galarraga was diagnosed with the disease at Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital.
		Galarraga was a leader of the large Latin contingent in the Braves' clubhouse, a gentle man who usually had a smile on his face.
	ww3.sportsline.com /ns/ce/multi/0,1511,722998,00.html (916 words)

	RotoChamps.com : Andres Galarraga
		Andres Galarraga said he has beaten cancer for a second time, and he now hopes to return to the majors.
		Andres Galarraga reportedly had a flare-up of the back cancer that forced him to miss the 1999 season.
		Andres Galarraga said over the weekend that he is undecided about playing again, at least for the first half of this season.
	rotochamps.com /mlb-1019-Galarraga.html (542 words)

	Major League Baseball : News : Major League Baseball News
		Galarraga remains jovial, as always, and, for such a really big man -- probably bigger than ever, standing at 6-foot-3 and weighing a hefty 265 pounds -- he still shows signs of the nimbleness at first base that earned him the nickname "Big Cat." And yes, he can still hit.
		Galarraga is one home run shy of joining the 400-home-run club, and his displays of power during batting practice are a sight to behold for more than nostalgic reasons.
		Galarraga's health history is not a subject the player shies away from, and it never has been.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050306&content_id=958330&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb (1101 words)

	Andres Galarraga Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Andres Galarraga was born on Sunday, June 18, 1961, in Caracas, Venezuela.
		Galarraga was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 23, 1985, with the Montreal Expos, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
		Andres Galarraga's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Andres Galarraga baseball statistics page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=galaran01 (224 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Galarraga gets 'great' deal 11/21/97
		Andres Galarraga passed a physical Friday and signed a three-year deal with the Braves that will pay him $8 million next season, $8.25 million in 1999 and $8.5 million in 2000, plus $250,000 a year for 400 plate appearances.
		Galarraga, 36, whose 290 RBI over the past two years are the most in consecutive seasons in the majors since the Red Sox' Vern Stephens drove in 303 in 1949-50, arrived at an afternoon press conference at Turner Field wearing a Braves jersey and a wide smile.
		In five years with the Rockies, Galarraga was a.350 hitter and averaged 20 homers and 71 RBI at home, while he was a.281 hitter and averaged 14 homers and 45 RBI on the road.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/112297/spo_atlanta.html (966 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / First baseman Galarraga joins Mets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Andres Galarraga is taking his quest to reach 400 homers to the New York Mets.
		Galarraga, who has 399 homers, spent the final month of the season with the Anaheim Angels and went 3-for-10 with one homer and two RBIs in seven games.
		Galarraga missed the 1999 season after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, then hit.302 with 28 home runs and 100 RBI with Atlanta in 2000.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2004/12/23/first_baseman_galarraga_joins_mets?mode=PF (351 words)

	Galarraga's mission: score 400th home run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galarraga, who lives in West Palm Beach where he played for the Montreal Expos' Class A minor-league team more than two decades ago, had to convince his family to allow him to give it one last shot.
		Galarraga was three months shy of the five-year mark when tests revealed his cancer had returned.
		Galarraga was a candidate for a stem cell transplant, which is used to treat patients who have relapsed after having lymphoma.
	www.pulsejournal.com /sports/content/shared/sports/stories/BBN_GALARRAGA_0125_COX.html (1225 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Andres Galarraga
		Galarraga signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent after the 1997 season and he hit.304 with 44 home runs in 1998.
		Galarraga left the Braves in 2001, when he played for both the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants.
		Galarraga won Silver Slugger awards in 1988 and 1996 and was a Gold Glove winner at first base in 1989 and 1990.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/galarraga.shtml (363 words)

	Andres Galarraga \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, Dave Cash, and Dawson again homer in the 4th inning; Parrish has a single and three consecutive home runs in the game, only the 3rd major leaguer to do it.
		Galarraga is coming off his second injury-plagued year, having missed 44 days of the season after being hit on the wrist by a Wally Whitehurst pitch in the 3rd game of the season
		Galarraga has four RBIs and his moon shot, off Mark Petkovsek, is the third-longest homer in the three-season history of Coors Field.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Galarraga_Andres.stm (2201 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Big Cat joins Bonds: Giants pick up Galarraga
		Galarraga was also excited to be back in the National League, where he played all 15 of his seasons before signing with the Rangers as a free agent in December.
		Even with the addition of Galarraga, Alex Rodriguez and former NL MVP Ken Caminiti, the Rangers were in last place again after the first month of the season.
		Galarraga was scheduled to be in uniform for the Giants on Wednesday, when they complete a three-game series in Coors Field, where Galarraga's career was resurrected.
	espn.go.com /mlb/news/2001/0724/1230483.html (794 words)

	Andres Galarraga makes it to the Anaheim's major league team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galarraga has played 25 games with the Salt Lake Stingers earning a.304 batting average with 10 runs 3 doubles, 4 homers and 19 ribbies.
		Galarraga owns a career.288 (2330/8086) average with 398 home runs and 1,423 RBI in 2250 games.
		Galarraga has been selected to five All-Star Games (1988, 1993, 1997-98 and 2000), appeared in three Division Series (1995, 1998 and 2000) and one NLCS with Atlanta in 1998.
	www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=22674 (299 words)

	BRAVES 8, PADRES 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Leading the charge was the heretofore invisible Galarraga, whose seventh inning grand slam broke his 1-for-12 skid in the NLCS and sealed the victory.
		Galarraga came up with the bases loaded in the seventh and walloped a homer to center that took the Braves from a 4-3 lead to a comfortable 8-3 advantage.
		The first pitch to Galarraga was a ball, and the next one found itself absolutely crushed into the center-field seats to blow it wide open.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/1998/10/12/1034.html (732 words)

	Baseball Prospectus - Breakouts and Flameouts in 1998
		But it should be evident that if Andres Galarraga has the exact same season at the plate in 1998 as he had in 1997, his raw numbers are going to take an alarming drop.
		Andres Galarraga is about a decade past the normal hitter's peak age.
		Galarraga is reason alone that the Braves may not be the prohibitive favorites in the NL East that everyone thinks they are.
	www.baseballprospectus.com /article.php?articleid=82&mode=print&nocache=1111960388 (2039 words)

	New York Mets, Andres Galarraga, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
		NEW YORK -- Andres Galarraga retired Tuesday after a subpar spring training with the New York Mets, leaving him a homer shy of 400 for his career.
		Galarraga made his big league debut with the Montreal Expos in 1985 and has played for St. Louis, Colorado, Texas, Atlanta, San Francisco and the Angels.
		Andres Galarraga retires instead of an expected release by the Mets.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/8338837 (714 words)

	New York Daily News - Mets - Comeback Cat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The journey inspired Galarraga, a 2000 All-Star and the NL Comeback Player of the Year, to produce a motivational video, which he sells in English and Spanish versions on his Web site (www.bigcat14.com) to raise money for cancer research.
		Cuza said Galarraga is in the kind of shape he was in 2000, when he batted.302 with 28 homers and 100 RBI for the Braves.
		Galarraga returned to the majors last September with the Angels after the second bout with cancer but got only 10 at-bats because Troy Glaus returned sooner than expected from shoulder surgery, leaving the second comeback story incomplete.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/mets/story/281255p-241035c.html (725 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Braves sign Big Cat 11/20/97
		Colorado Rockies' Andres Galarraga connects with his 20th home run of the season in the third inning against the San Diego Padres June 19, 1997, in San Diego.
		While the signing of Galarraga, who has 288 career home runs and 1,051 RBI, gives a boost to a Braves lineup that often struggled to score runs last season, clearly the team is overlooking the benefit the slugger received from playing his home games in Denver's mile-high atmosphere.
		In five years in Colorado, Galarraga was a.350 hitter with 100 homers and 355 RBI at home, but only a.281 hitter with 72 homers and 224 RBI on the road.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/112197/spo_bigcat.html (567 words)

	KFFL - Andres Galarraga, 1B, Retired Players
		Robert Falkoff, of Angels.MLB.com, reports Anaheim Angels 1B Andres Galarraga was not placed on the team's playoff roster for the first series of the postseason.
		Expos.MLB.com's Bill Ladson reports the Montreal Expos are interested in 1B Andres Galarraga and feel they need a veteran leader for their young club.
		The Associated Press reports former Major League Baseball player Andres Galarraga said Tuesday, May 25, that he recently underwent two three-week periods of chemotherapy and was hospitalized for 23 days for additional treatment for the same non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that sidelined him in 1999 when he was with the Atlanta Braves.
	www.kffl.com /player/5234/MLB (898 words)

	New York Mets News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galarraga, a five-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award winner, missed most of the 2004 campaign recovering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for a second time.
		Andres first was stricken with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1999 and missed that entire year.
		Andres has hit.288 (2,333-8,096) with 1,195 runs scored, 444 doubles, 32 triples, 399 home runs, 1,425 RBI in 2,257 Major League games with the Expos, Cardinals, Rockies, Braves, Rangers, Giants and Angels from 1985-2004.
	newyork.mets.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/nym/news/nym_press_release.jsp?ymd=20041223&content_id=925554&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp (1126 words)

	Andres Galarraga's cancer: going...going...gone! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since he was 16, Andres "Big Cat" Galarraga, the 39-year-old first baseman for the Atlanta Braves, has relied on his big, bright smile.
		Galarraga, born in Caracas, Venezuela, is the only player being interviewed in the Braves' locker room at the San Diego Padres ballpark, today.
		When Galarraga's salt and pepper hair started falling out, a little at a time and then in clumps, he had it shaved to the scalp.
	healthlibrary.epnet.com /GetContent.aspx?token=af362d97-4f80-4453-a175-02cc6220a387&chunkiid=13799 (1082 words)

	Sporting News, The: The passion behind the smile - professional baseball player Andres Galarraga - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Andres Galarraga, baseball's smilingest man, is beautiful with a baseball bat in hand, especially in that moment when he has finished a swing that causes a ball to leave town in a hurry.
		If we didn't pray with the Galarragas, we likely know their prayers, for rare is the family untouched by cancer.
		Always the happiest guy in any clubhouse, his delight contagious, Galarraga now brings to the ballpark a joy in life and baseball that is all but palpable.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_18_224/ai_62052427 (972 words)

	Metsblog.com :: Galarraga Announces Retirement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galarraga and I were born on the same day, June 18, 1961.
		In the final year that he was healthy, the spring of 1988, he sent me pictures of himself with Andres Galarraga and said that of all the players he had met through all of the years, Galarraga was by far the nicest one.
		My pictures of him with Andres Galarraga from the spring of 1988 are among the last pictures where my grandfather truly looks like himself, the way I remember him, healthy and happy.
	www.metsblog.com /blog/_archives/2005/3/29/489486.html (1893 words)

	Sporting News, The: Smiles and homers are plenty—the Big Cat is back - Andres Galarraga, baseball player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galarraga was starting his comeback on February 18, a date he could never forget.
		Galarraga was due for his once every two-month checkup, but he told reporters who gathered around him in a celebratory-tinged interview that he'd have to wait a day or two to see the doctor.
		Cox wouldn't even admit that Galarraga is being penciled into the cleanup hole yet, even broaching the idea of employing Wally Joyner, who is fighting age (though he's a year younger than Galarraga) and who posted only a.350 slugging percentage for San Diego last season.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_9_224/ai_60026772 (1404 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Galarraga retires one homer short of 400 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Andres Galarraga retired Tuesday after a subpar spring training with the New York Mets, leaving him a homer shy of 400 for his career.
		NEW YORK --Andres Galarraga retired Tuesday after a subpar spring training with the New York Mets, leaving him a homer shy of 400 for his career.
		Referring to whether Galarraga would have made the 25-man roster, Randolph said: "It was going to be a tough decision.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/03/29/galarraga_retires_one_homer_short_of_400?mode=PF (636 words)

	USATODAY.com - Galarraga on the move to Bay Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By Jim Mone, AP Andres Galarraga is heading back to the National League after Tuesday's trade to the Giants.
		Galarraga went to the NL playoffs with Atlanta in 1998 and 2000, sitting out 1999 while being treated for lymphoma.
		Texas had signed Galarraga to a one-year contract with a base salary of $6 million and the chance to earn $1 million more in performance bonuses.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/01trade/2001-07-24-galarraga.htm (817 words)

	deseretnews.com \| A cancer-free Galarraga is back
		Andres Galarraga isn't your typical Salt Lake Stinger.
		Andres Galarraga chats with his Stinger teammates in the dugout upon his debut in Salt Lake.
		Galarraga's decision to return from his battles with cancer and not retire, Brumley added, indicates an intense desire to play the game.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595082293,00.html (643 words)

	Galarraga's second comeback from cancer is a reason to smile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galarraga's second comeback from cancer is a reason to smile
		Glavine was a teammate of Galarraga on the Atlanta Braves when the first baseman first made it back from cancer five years ago.
		Although on a minor league contract, Galarraga figures to make the team as a right-handed pinch hitter and backup to Doug Mientkiewicz at first base.
	www.oxfordpress.com /sports/content/shared/sports/stories/BBN_GALARRAGA_0228_COX.html (739 words)

	ESPN.com - MLB - Report: Galarraga has recurrence of cancer
		Veteran first baseman Andres Galarraga, who is currently a free agent, apparently has had a recurrence of the non-Hodgkins lymphoma that kept him from playing all of the 1999 season and flared up again in 2002.
		Galarraga, a popular power hitter known as "Big Cat" during his career, is two home runs short of 400.
		Galarraga played in 110 games during a second stint with the Giants last season, hitting.301 with 12 homers and 42 RBI in 272 at-bats.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1786953 (499 words)

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