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Kinsler relishes 'under the radar' role

By Anna Katherine Clemmons
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

ARLINGTON, Texas -- On an 80-degree May evening here, he's the only Texas Ranger wearing knee-high blue socks in old-school fashion, tucked into (rather than hidden beneath) the standard white pants. His shaggy brown hair sticks out in pieces under his baseball cap and his scruffy five-o'-clock shadow is barely visible. With his average height (6 feet), average build (200 pounds) and boyish features, he looks like he could blend into most crowds. But then Ian Kinsler begins to play: diving to s ...

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