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Presents leave a lasting impression

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, December 22, 2003

Every Christmas Eve, as kids, we were allowed to open ONE present under the Christmas tree. These were gifts from Grandma, Nana, Uncle Ken and other assorted friends and relatives. However, for me, in the early-to-late '70s, time and time again my No. 1 overall Christmas Eve draft pick present I chose to open was from Uncle Jim. Uncle Jim was and is big. He hit big home runs when he was the New England college player of the year at Boston College, drove a big station wagon with wood paneling o ...

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