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Posnanski writes a long love note to Carlos Beltran, and his is found in the midst of it:

 

Beltran from his first day played baseball with an ease that struck people in different ways. He always looked bored but pleased, the way people look when laying out on a beach. Many thought Beltran just wasn’t giving his all … and he gave those people fuel as a young man when he would forget how many outs there were or he would look disinterested as he jogged down a double in the gap. But mostly, I think, the ease was just grace.

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I dunno, sounds a bit like someone we see on a regular basis.

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He decided to cut down on his strikeouts and walk more one year — players talk about doing this sort of thing all the time but it’s not something a player can just DO. Only Beltran is so stunningly talented that after he made that decision he cut out about 30 strikeouts per year and added about 20 walks. …

by rglass44 on Sep 11, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions  

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