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...Talent alone doesn't distinguish Zambrano. There's his passion, too. In fact, he's a bit loony, an emotional whirlwind on the mound, pumping fists when things go his way, screaming at himself when the game turns against him. In the past, that intensity has gotten him in trouble. Last season, he fought his catcher in the dugout during a game. Though old habits emerged during his last two regular-season starts, which were awful, for the most part he's learned to reserve his fire for opposing hitters. "When you get into the postseason, there's a passion...
...Super Soto Zambrano's talent and game-changing ability are matched by those of his battery mate, rookie catcher Geovany Soto, who is probably the best player you've never heard of. "I don't think there's any question he's the National League Rookie of the Year, and along the way he's probably going to get some MVP votes," says Wade. Soto batted .285 with 23 home runs, none more clutch than the three-run shot he hit with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the Sept. 18 game against division rival Milwaukee (the Cubs...
...Flanzraich’s persistent online campaign has paid off: nearly 40 students tried out at the on-screen talent auditions this year, compared to the five that showed up the year before. Flanzraich estimates that the show’s contributing writers number about 60, a substantial increase from the eight original writers...
...Czar” of the improv comedy troupe Instant Gratification Players, says that On Harvard Time could improve in terms ofterms of consistently high comedic caliber, he adds, “I think if they continue to do as well as they have in terms of recruiting young talent at Harvard, it can only be a matter of time before they obtain that level...
...Aside from a glut of straight up banal sentences - "Biddinger's great talent, Billy knew, was that at any sudden moment he could drop his easy friendliness, let his dark eyes narrow into two slits like gun holes, and turn mean." (Slits like gun holes?) - one of Blum's three main characters, D.W. Griffith, doesn't even really belong in the book. Despite Blum's best efforts to incorporate the director, Griffith plays no part in the crime, investigation or subsequent court case. The book's epilogue, in which Griffith, Darrow, and Burns briefly walk by each other...