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Magglio Ordonez: a superstar in disguise: White Sox slugger rates among the most productive players in the majors, but still receives little recognition.

Baseball Digest

| July 01, 2003 | DeSimone, Bonnie | COPYRIGHT 2003 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SPRING 1999, FENWAY PARK, WHITE SOX AT RED SOX. TWO OUT, PROMISING young player on second. Promising young player bolts for third base, is caught stealing. Rally snuffed. Manager shakes head in dugout.

A moment later, Jerry Manuel took his talented right fielder into the tunnel where he could speak to him privately.

"I said, 'Magglio, you're an All-Star, and All-Stars don't make those kinds of mistakes,'" Manuel said. "I was really kind of hot at him. I don't know what it did, but he looked at me real strange."

Thing was, Magglio Ordonez hadn't made an All-Star team--yet.

"I remember that night," Ordonez said. "I needed someone to tell ...

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