Roy Oswalt comes from a long line of stubborn people. His grandfather was a logger into his 70s, and when the rest of his family finally insisted the old man step away from that dangerous profession, he started to harvest acres of watermelon on property where Oswalt would build a house years later. Billy Oswalt, Roy's father, also worked full time as a logger until a couple of years ago. During the 2005 playoffs, he watched his son pitch for the Astros in St. Louis, then drove overnight back to ...

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