True Calling
Sporting News, The (March 17, 2006)
Author: Deveney, Sean
Vol: 230, Issue: 11
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[JUAN PIERRE] was pleased with the deal. Wrigley Field is the perfect place for him to practice his faith. Its long infield grass will help deaden Pierre's bunts (though he worries that the grass also will deaden ground balls and turn potential hits into outs). The North Siders will play 53 home day games in 2006, and Pierre is a career .344 hitter in the daylight.
True Calling
Go on, flip around. Start when Juan Pierre was a 7-year-old, playing T-ball in Alexandria, La. Watch him eschew the high and mighty blasts that so tempt other kids and instead whack the ball into the ground and sprint. Inglorious? Sure, but Pierre, young and speedy, almost always winds up on first base.
Skip ahead to his freshman year at Alexandria High. He stands 5-9, weighs about as much as a box of Wheat Thins and draws chuckles from team...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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