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Patitucci is more interested in poker and having a good time than grades and traditional success. He came as an academic all-star, first in a class of 800 at a competitive Chicago high school. But at Harvard Patitucci became, according to Bressman, “the most undedicated genius in the world...
...proven that he is healthy—his wicked curve limited hitters’ average to .182 after the All-Star break last season...
...hits equally well from the right or left side. He homered from both sides of the plate in a November 2002 game against a traveling major league All-Star team. He hit .440 for the seven-game series and outshone teammate Hideki Matsui, who-confounded by two-seam, sinking fastballs-batted a mere .138. "While Big Matsui was flailing away," Whiting says, "Little Matsui was ripping major league pitching apart...
...slick fielder who won four Golden Gloves playing for the Lions, Kazuo Matsui batted .305 with 33 home runs and 13 stolen bases this year. Scouts liken the switch-hitter to a stronger Ichiro Suzuki, the All-Star Seattle Mariners' outfielder whose impact on the U.S. game turned Japanese players into must-haves for major-league rosters. Matsui's move will be lucrative. Several clubs have already expressed interest, including the free-spending Yankees, who are already paying $6 million a year to last year's Matsui. This year's Matsui is likely to demand a Godzilla-like salary...
...odds on new products are about the same as roulette. "Celebrity products fall into a category of their own," said Karen, a trim blonde in a tailored suit. "When celebrities come out with their own products--Rocky Graziano's spaghetti sauce, Mickey Mantle's barbecue sauce, Nolan Ryan's All-Star Fruit Snacks, Gloria Vanderbilt's salad dressing, Reggie Jackson's candy bar, Carl Yastrzemski's Big Yaz Bread, Diane von Furstenberg's facial tissue, Bill Blass's chocolates, Richard Simmons's Salad Spray, Tommy Lasorda's spaghetti sauce, Yves St. Laurent's cigarettes, Frank Sinatra's neckties--all examples...