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Goins, Zobrist formed in same college ranks
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Billy Beane – Bleeding Royal Blue
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Ben Zobrist, baseball's singular everyman, signs with Cubs - WTOP News
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Ben Zobrist Agrees to 4-Year Contract with Chicago Cubs, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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A's trade Ben Zobrist to the Royals
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Ben Zobrist doing it all for the Royals: 'Thank god we got him
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Ben Zobrist on the best free-agent decision he ever made, his comeback season and why the Cubs are annual contenders - The Athletic
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Inside how the best Royals team in the last 30 years was built – New York Daily News
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Royals land platoon player Ben Zobrist in trade with Oakland A's – New York Daily News