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MormonTimes.com: Mission prepared pro baseball player for the mound
The former Brigham Young University outfielder is just hoping his current venture proves as beneficial as the one that took him from playing baseball in the Arizona desert to unsuccessfully attempting to toss a ball in the frigid climate of the Russia Novosibirsk mission.
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Dick | June 22, 2008 at 9:07 p.m.
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