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For McOwen, the hits keep on comin'

By Tim Keown
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, July 9, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Three or four of Jamie McOwen's buddies back in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are staying up late these days, listening to minor league baseball from California through the speakers of their computer. As far as South Florida nightlife goes, it probably doesn't measure up to club-hopping in South Beach, but it's all for a good cause. Their buddy, a left-handed-hitting outfielder for the High Desert Mavericks, a 23-year-old who wasn't considered much of a prospect by the Seattle M ...

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