Oracle of Baseball - Most Linked Active Players

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Player	Avg. Distance
Jamie Moyer	3.7520
Omar Vizquel	3.8159
Jim Thome	3.8304
Manny Ramirez	3.8319
Alex Rodriguez	3.8428
Karim Garcia	3.8664
Jerry Hairston	3.8810
Russell Branyan	3.8861
Esteban Yan	3.8863
Bartolo Colon	3.8891
Paul Konerko	3.8940
Darren Oliver	3.8946
Jolbert Cabrera	3.9024
Ricardo Rincon	3.9130
John McDonald	3.9162
Kip Wells	3.9353
Luis Matos	3.9354
Gary Glover	3.9414
Carlos Lee	3.9438
Mario Valdez	3.9510
Willis Otanez	3.9559
Mark Buehrle	3.9617
Derek Lowe	3.9706
Bruce Chen	3.9855
Chipper Jones	3.9882
Jason Giambi	3.9919
Henry Blanco	3.9965
Andruw Jones	3.9967
Miguel Batista	3.9981
Raul Ibanez	3.9985
Kevin Millwood	3.9993
Ron Mahay	4.0012
Mark DeRosa	4.0020
Lorenzo Barcelo	4.0217
Derek Jeter	4.0314
Mariano Rivera	4.0314
Andy Pettitte	4.0321
Ruben Rivera	4.0448
Livan Hernandez	4.0484
Guillermo Mota	4.0514
LaTroy Hawkins	4.0530
Mark Kotsay	4.0568
Miguel Cairo	4.0576
Jason Isringhausen	4.0608
Jeff Suppan	4.0653
Hector Carrasco	4.0692
Octavio Dotel	4.0738
Bobby Abreu	4.0739
Juan Acevedo	4.0754
Adrian Beltre	4.0755
Johnny Damon	4.0755
Brett Tomko	4.0792
Miguel Tejada	4.0794
Torii Hunter	4.0823
Placido Polanco	4.0824
Dan Serafini	4.0833
A.J. Pierzynski	4.0848
Alfonso Soriano	4.0859
Dan Wheeler	4.0872
Cesar Izturis	4.0873
Eric Chavez	4.0875
David Ross	4.0880
Randy Choate	4.0902
Vladimir Guerrero	4.0909
Jamey Wright	4.0914
Tim Hudson	4.0923
Alex Gonzalez	4.0926
Carl Pavano	4.0929
Ramon Hernandez	4.0931
Chris Carpenter	4.0935
David Ortiz	4.0945
D'Angelo Jimenez	4.0971
Geoff Blum	4.1006
Kerry Wood	4.1015
Ryan Dempster	4.1019
Joe Thurston	4.1036
Nick Johnson	4.1037
Juan Rivera	4.1041
Rick Ankiel	4.1060
Hideki Matsui	4.1084
Rod Barajas	4.1085
Doug Davis	4.1088
Roy Halladay	4.1092
Bryan Corey	4.1094
Carlos Beltran	4.1119
Vicente Padilla	4.1137
Ruben Mateo	4.1145
Brian Schneider	4.1157
Freddy Garcia	4.1177
Josh Beckett	4.1181
Jack Cust	4.1182
Jose Cabrera	4.1199
Ted Lilly	4.1200
Nelson Figueroa	4.1217
Willie Harris	4.1239
Scott Elarton	4.1243
Lyle Overbay	4.1259
Lance Berkman	4.1275
Xavier Nady	4.1277
Corky Miller	4.1282

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