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Baseball. okay. this is unfortunate matchup. the only reason salano is in there, he s backup catcher that doesn t hit very well. come on. no, no, no, no. he s a catcher. can t run. from time to time, charles writes about baseball. typically in a way that transcends the sport. take his column of a 21-year-old pitching phenom who back in 2000 fell apart when he was picked to start a playoff game. with a huge national tv audience watching, he suddenly couldn t throw a strike. he never pitched the same again. but instead of writing, he went back down to the minors. learned a new position and returned to the majors as a hitter. the column is reprinted in krauthammer s book things that matter. it s in the personal section just a few pages after the piece ....

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