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Houston's Craig Biggio Plays the Game One Way--ALL OUT HUSTLE.

Baseball Digest

| September 01, 2001 | BLINEBURY, FRAN | COPYRIGHT 2001 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

THE LITTLE GUY WAS POISED THERE with his left leg raised, arms back, bat sticking almost straight up into the air. But you could tell it wasn't really Craig Biggio.

For one thing, the bronze sculpture was only 24 inches tall. For another, Biggio has never stood still for so long at any time in his life.

Biggio is performance art, not anything that you can put on a pedestal or inside a gilded frame.

The sculpture honored Biggio last May at Enron Field for becoming the first Astro to get 2,000 hits, but all he wanted to do was play ball.

"Yeah, it's nice," he said. "I think it's one of those things I'll appreciate more when it's all ...

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