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HOUSTON — Dan O’Dowd loves DJ LeMahieu. As general manager of the Rockies, O’Dowd traded for LeMahieu. Watched him become a batting champion and Gold Glover. Admired his professionalism. One day just beyond midseason on the MLB Network set — recognizing I was preaching to the choir — I was extolling LeMahieu to O’Dowd, wondering...