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Top five.
Most unusual, er, annoying, rituals:
1 Nomar Garciaparra's batting gloves adjustment. Even when watching a slow-motion replay, it's tough to count how many times he touches and/or restraps each glove after every pitch. Four, five? Certainly enough times to be considered overkill. We remain thankful he likes to hit the first pitch.
2 Sammy Sosa's home ran skip. His chest-thumping, kiss-blowing act in the dugout is only slightly less vexing.
3 Leo Mazzones's head rocking. As the anxiety builds, so does the frequency of the back-and-forth, back-and-forth. Good ...
- Boon to bust.(Sports)(Bret Boone is struggling right along with the Mariners...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) July 6, 2004 700+ words
...Steve Mims The Register-Guard SEATTLE - Bret Boone spent the summer of '72 in Eugene...Stadium. "I was there that summer," Bret Boone recalled last week. Any memories...the majors until he retired in 1990. Bret Boone was able to follow his father into major...
- Biggest batting gainers and losers for 2001: Desi Relaford and Bret Boone...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Pickard, Chuck February 1, 2002 700+ words
...biggest batting gain honors in the American League went to Bret Boone, who was a key cog in the Mariners' march to a record...BA Gain Desi Relaford Phi./S.D. Mets .215 .302 87 Bret Boone S.D. Sea. .251 .331 80 Benji Gil Ana. Ana. .239...
- Bret Boone: Real character shows character.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sherwin, Bob March 29, 2002 700+ words
It was no secret that Bret Boone wanted to win the American League MVP last season. The Mariners second baseman underscored the finer points of his candidacy with...
- BRET BOONE SIGNS WITH METS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) January 5, 2006 700+ words
NEW YORK -- The New York Mets agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with Bret Boone, a move that shows how tenuous Kaz Matsui's hold on second base is. A three-time All-Star -- including with the Reds in...
- BRET BOONE BLASTS BUD.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) July 15, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Tony Jackson CHICAGO -- Bret Boone, the former Reds second baseman and son of current Reds manager Bob Boone, took Bud Selig to task for more than his All-Star...
- BRET BOONE.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) July 6, 2001 700+ words
((This full-page color photo of Bret Boone is avialable only in printed editions of the Post-Intelligencer.))
- BRET BOONE AMUSED BY BROTHER'S EJECTION.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) June 23, 1997 700+ words
Byline: Jeff Horrigan ST. LOUIS -- Reds second baseman Bret Boone said he was amused by his brother, Aaron, being ejected from his first major-league game Friday for spiking his helmet after...
- Seattle's Bret Boone Matures As An All-Around Performer.
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest O'NEIL, DANNY September 1, 2001 700+ words
...Mariners second baseman has emerged as one of the game's best defensive players while improving his productivity with the bat BRET BOONE SWAGGERED INTO Seattle's clubhouse in 1993 with a personality as strong as his swing. He was a 24-year-old whose 12...