sports.yahoo.com - 5/15/2008
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MOBILE, Ala. The theme of the day is worship, and the chaplain at the front of the room hopes the six young men sitting in front of him understand its importance.“We need to worship,” Bobby Butler says in his shrimp-and-grits voice. “We want to worship. I want to worship.” One of the men is Clayton Kershaw , and the lesson rings familiar. He is a believer. He is also believed in. It’s not ...
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6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
... Time to start with the big story, Jeff
Passan's Yahoo article about Clayton Kershaw. What is most
interesting about it is not what it says about Clayton —
the Minotaur almost defies superlatives — but what it says
about Ned Colletti's view of prospects: ...
Yahoo!: Passan: Clayton Kershaw’s great expectations
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Yahoo!: Passan: Clayton Kershaw’s great expectations A terrific look at Clayton Kershaw and then you come across the real Public Enemy No. 1...Ned Colletti (Quick, somebody dig up Anna Sage’s red dress...it’s almost movietime at the Biograph!) “People can become enamored watching prospects play in the minor leagues,” Colletti says. “It’s always been there. It’s heightened with the way communication is now. The Internet. Cell phones. The interest is overwhelming.” The cult of the prospect is one of baseball’s great phenomena. It is why the impatience of Cincinnati Reds fans ...
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sports.yahoo.com 5/15/2008 — MOBILE, Ala. The theme of the day is worship, and the chaplain at the front of the room hopes the six young men sitting in front of him understand its importance.“We need to worship,” Bobby Butler says in his shrimp-and-grits voice. “We want to ...
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