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Webb gives hitters that sinking feeling

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Friday, March 9, 2007

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Not many people have less incentive to be on the job than an Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder when Brandon Webb is pitching. But here are three who spring to mind: • A surfing instructor in Siberia. • The guy who helps Peter O'Toole write his Oscar acceptance speeches. • Andre Agassi's barber. How boring does it get in the pasture when Webb's sinker is cooking? When Arizona outfielder Eric Byrnes stands out there watching scores of hitters fail to lift the ...

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