Marlins' Success Story Offers Inspiration to Others

Sunday Gazette-Mail › February 17, 2004

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A year ago, right after flipping his Mustang on a California highway and somehow surviving the crash with hardly a scratch, a 21- year-old lefty who had never pitched above Class A walked into his first major league camp. He was promptly assigned No. 77.

"I felt like a lineman," the rookie later recalled.

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Marlins' Success Story Offers Inspiration to Others

By October, Dontrelle Willis had blossomed into a fan favorite, an All-Star and a World Series champion.

So if there's any time to think big, it's now. Spring training opens with even the Detroit Tiger...

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