Men

=== Another Fine Myth ===

Am becoming positively fixated on the lad's performances at this point. :- )  Locked into his game vs the A's, slo-mo'ing and freeze-framing and generally geeking out all afternoon.

they figure out how to do battle on their own terms.

=== Wanting It Too Badly, Dept. ===

Q.  How's his makeup?

A.  Just remarkable.  He not only stayed quiet and calm, but was visibly *thinking* out there.   You literally would not have known he was a rookie.

Even more telling was the way he stayed within his game plan, despite blown calls and despite the nerves.   He kept his head about him, and took the right amount of the plate for the circumstances.

.=== Most-Comparable Player Dept. ===