Few general managers are given as much rope as the Rockies extended O'Dowd to turn to Plan B.

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"This night deserves Hennessy a bad b and an o of weed, " he wrote on Nov. 17.

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O'Halloran has represented the Republic at all underage levels while Gamble has a B international cap.

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