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Adrian Beltre, the toughest ballplayer alive, has a bump or bruise
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Adrian Beltre Major League Baseball, News, Scores, Highlights
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TIL in 2009, a hard ground ball hit Adrián Beltré in the groin
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When Texas Rangers' Adrian Beltre hits No. 3,000, his teammates
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Beltre Says He'll Play WBC For Dominican Republic - CBS Texas
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Adrian Beltre, the toughest ballplayer alive, has a bump or bruise
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Everything you need to know about Adrian Beltre
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Adrián Beltré – Society for American Baseball Research
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Everything you need to know about Adrian Beltre
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World Baseball Classic still needs to find its footing in the U.S.
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Adrian Beltre retires: Why he hated having his head touched