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Archive Home > 2005 > April > 24 > Real Thing

Real Thing

Madras grad plans to leave OSU and go to bat in big leagues


April 24, 2005

CORVALLISIt was his high school coach who explained to Jacoby Ellsbury a harsh baseball reality.

"He told me there's no future for a left-handed shortstop," Ellsbury recalls.

And ditto for a lefty catcher.

Those were two positions at which Ellsbury excelled as a kid growing up in....

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