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Ready To Roll

By Tim Keown

Saturday, November 15, 2008

You can see summer in Jimmy Rollins' eyes and hear it in his voice. Outside there's snow falling in his little corner of New Jersey, but inside there's a living, breathing, 36-game hitting streak sitting on a low-slung, white-leather sectional in the middle of a palatial living room. Inside it's summer, with the sun shining and a little guy in a red helmet ready to bust it to first like the basepath is strewn with hot coals. The house is in a tiny burg called Swedesboro, founded by Swedish imm ...

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