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Article: All-American Quintanilla likes making people laugh, playing shortstop
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- University Wire
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- February 21, 2003
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(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Busted shingles. Broken windshields.
Shattered records.
Just watch some of Omar Quintanilla's time in the cage during batting
practice, and there's a chance you'll see all three.
Typically during batting practice, the junior will take three or four
serious rounds, trying to place balls in certain parts of the field.
The last two are less serious and all about power, much to the dismay
of the owner of the house just beyond the right field fence.
Her roof and van have been pelted thanks to the red-seamed pellets
Quintanilla launches out of the yard.
"She came out and asked the guys getting the balls if the school was
going ...