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Following are quotes excerpted from a Sports Illustrated profile of Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker in SI's Dec. 22 issue. (The Atlanta Braves, Sports Illustrated and TIME Daily are all components of their parent company, Time Warner...
...Well, where's Crash Davis when you need him? The hero of the baseball pic "Bull Durham" was given the task of mentoring a young pitcher named Nuke LaLoosh on how to break into the big leagues. On the eve of Nuke's promotion, Crash coaches him in dealing with the media: Crash: "You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down, 'We gotta play it one day at a time.'" Nuke: "It's pretty boring." Crash: "'Course...
...This message isn't lost on the Braves, who released a statement distancing themselves from the pitcher and said they'll later review what action to take. A similar statement was made by league commissioner Bud Selig. Rocker's own pitching coach, Leo Mazzone, went as far as to say, "Something's going to go wrong now with his career. And you watch it, it'll end up going straight down the tubes...
...PEDRO MARTINEZ Chicks may dig the long ball, as the ad says, but teams dig good pitching. While home runs flew in every ballpark, Martinez gave up only 2.07 runs a game, farther below the major league average than any other pitcher's record. If that math is too hard, try this: Martinez's 23 wins brought his talent-poor Red Sox to the American League championship, where the ace handed the Yankees their only defeat of the play-offs...
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