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The veteran

By Graham Hays
ESPN.com

Monday, August 20, 2007

The blink of an eye might as well be the unofficial unit of measurement of softball. The ball gets to home plate in the literal blink of an eye, leaving little time to track whether it's rising out of the strike zone, curving to one side or dropping to the dirt. It's also how long it can take for careers to end. Look around National Pro Fastpitch rosters and it's difficult to find many players who have been out of school for more than three or four years. As much as the players may love the ...

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