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Article: Phillies' Rowand gave up his nose for a bigger cause.(baseball player Aaron Rowand)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2006
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Byline: Bob Ford
PHILADELPHIA _ It has taken more than a decade to get answers to the famous questions once posed by Eagles running back Ricky Watters, but Aaron Rowand stood up and delivered them Monday.
"For who? My teammates. For what? To win."
That was Rowand's explanation of how he plays baseball, a mind-set that sent him into a full-tilt collision with the center-field fence at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday.
There were two results from that play: Rowand saved three runs and possibly the game with a two-out catch of a deep drive. And he slammed into an exposed steel bar just below the padding, breaking his nose and fracturing the ...