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We all fear the Tantalizer

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Editor's note: This article appears in the Dec. 18 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Two summers ago in this space, I ranted about the phenomenon of "Tremendous Upside Potential" (TUP for short). Suddenly we were spending way too much time announcing the greatness of players who weren't close to great yet, predicting special things for raw rookies and trying to discover the next athlete who had a chance to be an all-timer. Everything was projection. Félix Hernandez wasn't the next Gooden, but he coul ...

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