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LHP Aroldis Chapman discusses defection (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher's defection during a tournament in the Netherlands lacked any of the drama a movie script writer would want. "It was pretty straightforward," he recalled. "I just walked out of the hotel, got in the car and left." Separated from his parents, sisters,...