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Pierzynski beats to his own drum

By Tim Keown
ESPN The Magazine

Friday, August 18, 2006

A.J. Pierzynski bemoans the lack of creativity emanating from the stands in Americašs ballparks. He ruminates on the subject like a scholar, as if the issue were linked to the greater failure of the country's educational system. These unschooled and unskilled hecklers, doomed to a life of menial insults, belt out "You suck, A.J.!" or "Look out -- here comes Michael Barrett!" and slap hands with their buddies as if volume equaled accomplishment. Pierzynski shakes his head. He has built up such ...

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