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How to handle all those boobirds

By Tim Keown
Page 2

Tuesday, September 5, 2006

"I bust my ass every day, I have a bad day and you've got a bunch of dumb-ass people who want to boo you. But they pay their money, if they want to do that, more power to them." -- Jay Payton, responding to the reaction from Oakland fans after he misplayed three balls in the outfield in Sunday's loss to the Rangers. There are rules out there -- some are written down, some you have to figure out on your own. You'll make mistakes, but our job here at the academy is to limit the frequency of the m ...

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