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Old 05-29-2007, 04:15 PM   #305
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Originally Posted by darkhorse View Post
How the **** does one surrender more than a hit per inning whilst whiffing almost two batters per frame?
Well, if his inning aginst Minnesota is any indication...

Funny article here making fun of the Sun Times' Carol Slezak's column about how Darin Erstad used to be a punter at the University of Nebraska and now plays baseball really hard.

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Originally Posted by Carl Slezak
If grass and artificial turf had a voice, they would ask Erstad to stop crushing them while diving for balls. If infield dirt had feelings, it would beg Erstad for mercy. And in response, he would shrug, as if to say, ''Hey, I'm just playing baseball.''
A lot of people dive for balls. A lot of people slide hard, and run hard, and play hard. In fact, like 90% of all professional baseball players play hard. And many of them are better at the actual skills of baseball than Darin Erstad.
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