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Article: World Series paydirt.(Sports Scene)(Column)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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WINNING the World Series has come up in every one of the 100 or so interviews I've conducted with professional baseball players over the past 25 years. Whether it be the fresh-faced rookie just happy to have made the team or the grizzled veteran hanging on for another--or first--shot at glory, the conversation inevitably gets around to the Fall Classic: How important it is to get there and how (even more) important it is to win it. Fanning this obsession comes easily to me. When I first saw the images for "Game Faces," my mind immediately went to the bottom fine. How did these greats fare in the World Series?
For instance, we chose the Cal Ripken photo to run ...