Oracle of Baseball - Most Linked Active Players

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Player	Avg. Distance
Jamie Moyer	3.7383
Omar Vizquel	3.8020
Jim Thome	3.8141
Manny Ramirez	3.8188
Alex Rodriguez	3.8296
Karim Garcia	3.8543
Jerry Hairston	3.8665
Russell Branyan	3.8730
Esteban Yan	3.8732
Bartolo Colon	3.8751
Darren Oliver	3.8806
Paul Konerko	3.8813
Jolbert Cabrera	3.8895
Ricardo Rincon	3.9002
John McDonald	3.9011
Kip Wells	3.9191
Luis Matos	3.9238
Carlos Lee	3.9274
Gary Glover	3.9284
Mario Valdez	3.9432
Willis Otanez	3.9482
Mark Buehrle	3.9483
Derek Lowe	3.9539
Bruce Chen	3.9710
Chipper Jones	3.9741
Jason Giambi	3.9775
Miguel Batista	3.9817
Andruw Jones	3.9818
Henry Blanco	3.9819
Raul Ibanez	3.9837
Ron Mahay	3.9873
Kevin Millwood	3.9875
Mark DeRosa	3.9902
Lorenzo Barcelo	4.0114
Andy Pettitte	4.0165
Derek Jeter	4.0166
Mariano Rivera	4.0166
Livan Hernandez	4.0311
Ruben Rivera	4.0323
Guillermo Mota	4.0366
LaTroy Hawkins	4.0387
Mark Kotsay	4.0423
Miguel Cairo	4.0427
C.J. Nitkowski	4.0453
Jason Isringhausen	4.0461
Jeff Suppan	4.0510
Hector Carrasco	4.0559
Bobby Abreu	4.0583
Octavio Dotel	4.0586
Johnny Damon	4.0594
Adrian Beltre	4.0608
Juan Acevedo	4.0625
Brett Tomko	4.0647
Miguel Tejada	4.0648
Torii Hunter	4.0670
Placido Polanco	4.0672
Dan Serafini	4.0683
A.J. Pierzynski	4.0697
Alfonso Soriano	4.0698
Cesar Izturis	4.0702
Randy Choate	4.0708
Dan Wheeler	4.0713
Eric Chavez	4.0722
David Ross	4.0731
Jamey Wright	4.0756
Vladimir Guerrero	4.0765
Tim Hudson	4.0772
Alex Gonzalez	4.0777
Carl Pavano	4.0777
Ramon Hernandez	4.0779
Chris Carpenter	4.0782
David Ortiz	4.0793
D'Angelo Jimenez	4.0828
Ryan Dempster	4.0834
Geoff Blum	4.0848
Kerry Wood	4.0859
Nick Johnson	4.0885
Juan Rivera	4.0886
Joe Thurston	4.0886
Rick Ankiel	4.0918
Rod Barajas	4.0923
Roy Halladay	4.0936
Hideki Matsui	4.0937
Doug Davis	4.0940
Bryan Corey	4.0945
Carlos Beltran	4.0954
Vicente Padilla	4.0978
Josh Beckett	4.0995
Brian Schneider	4.1003
Ruben Mateo	4.1008
Freddy Garcia	4.1035
Jack Cust	4.1037
Ted Lilly	4.1037
Nelson Figueroa	4.1069
Lyle Overbay	4.1081
Jose Cabrera	4.1087
Willie Harris	4.1088
Scott Elarton	4.1095
Xavier Nady	4.1105
Lance Berkman	4.1110

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