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SOMEONE MAKING $15 MILLION A year isn't going to elicit a lot of sympathy when things go wrong. And Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kevin Brown asks for none. A guy with a stoic public persona and a habit of keeping his distance also isn't likely to cause a run on get-well cards when he is in pain, and Brown can live with that.
The 6-4, 220-pound right-hander, enjoyed a spectacular comeback season in 2003. He was intimidating, and gruff and, yes, sometimes rude--and one was tempted to come to the conclusion that he has been so willing to pitch with agonizing injuries in recent years because he simply doesn't feel anything.
But that would be wrong on two ...