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Hochman: Flaherty fails to meet high expectations in season debut

MILWAUKEE • It was like that one kid in the Little League World Series. Every year there’s one. He’s just larger than everyone else. A young man among boys. He hit puberty, hit the jackpot and hit homers after homers upon that lawn in Williamsport, Pa.

There aren’t going to be many nights like this. Three homers, a single and a walk. Then again, because there actually was a night like this just two games in, it’s as if we’re allowed to wonder – can he do something like this every night? Just what does St.