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Stanford's Hansen holds true to hype

By Graham Hays

Sunday, February 15, 2009

SAN DIEGO -- If you want to assign blame for the prevalence of hype in our modern world, there is plenty fairly handed out to those of us who persistently peddle it. But save a little for enablers such as Stanford freshman Ashley Hansen. Because sometimes a player comes along who provides the hype-addicted their justification to keep peddling. It turns out, this season's biggest brand name among incoming freshman position players is, in fact, every bit as good as advertised. Actually, scratch ...

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