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Stroman is breaking the rules on the way to the top

By Ryan Canner-O'Mealy
ESPN RISE Magazine

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Marcus Stroman isn't about doing things the conventional way. A Mets fan isn't supposed to list Jimmy Rollins as his favorite baseball player. Stroman does. An eighth-grader isn't supposed to play varsity baseball, especially in Suffolk County's competitive Class AA. Stroman did. And a kid who checks in at 5-foot-8 and 175 pounds isn't supposed to be able to throw the ball 92 miles per hour. Stroman can. But what really makes the Patchogue-Medford senior pitcher/shortstop special is that he's th ...

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