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Sunday, April 13 posted at 2:15 PM Jimmy Rollins learned the game from Mom Pretty interesting article in the New York Times today about Jimmy Rollins learning baseball from his mom -- an outwardly confident woman "known as much for her flair as for her game" when she played as a middle infielder for the Allen Temple Baptist Church women's fast-pitch softball team in the 80s. Read: For Philadelphia's Rollins, a Game of Maternal Instinct A small snippet: Gigi Rollins knew she was good, exuded it, and made sure her sons adopted the same attitude. She told the young Jimmy: "Every time you take the field, you have to not think, but know that you're one of the best out there. And you will be." As for letting others know as well, she added this reminder, "A closed mouth doesn't get fed." At age 9, Rollins would stand in front of a mirror and devise a cool walk because the proper meter would advertise that he "was somebody," he said. Phillies left fielder Pat Burrell, who played on Bay Area youth teams against Rollins, said that he had buzz around him even then. ... Ever since his rookie year of 2001 he has honed and showcased what he has long dubbed "the Jimmy style," a sublime mix of electricity and undulating cool. "He's got a swagger, but he doesn't hit you as cocky -- he's too nice," said Billy Wagner, the Mets' closer. "If I was as good as Jimmy Rollins, I'd walk around like that, too. But he takes the game seriously." 0 comments	Subscribe! Phillies Blogs Phillies Blog A Citizen's Blog Shallow Center Phillies Foul Balls Phillies Nation Phanatic Phollow Up Midway Phillies Phillies Diary We Should Be GM's Phillies Blog 2 Salute Your Phillies Voice of a Die-Hard Phillies Fan Phightin' Phils Phorum EMAIL ME to add your blog Looking for Philadelphia Phillies tickets? CTC has various baseball tickets including Yankees tickets, Red Sox tickets, Nationals tickets, Dodgers tickets, Orioles tickets and Cardinals tickets. We also have Philadelphia 76ers tickets, Eagles tickets, Penn State football tickets and Super Bowl tickets. Archives April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 March 2005 April 2005 August 2005 September 2005 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 ----------- Copy Army Copywriting Service. ------------

Sunday, April 13

posted at 2:15 PM

Jimmy Rollins learned the game from Mom

Pretty interesting article in the New York Times today about Jimmy Rollins learning baseball from his mom -- an outwardly confident woman "known as much for her flair as for her game" when she played as a middle infielder for the Allen Temple Baptist Church women's fast-pitch softball team in the 80s.

Read: For Philadelphia's Rollins, a Game of Maternal Instinct

A small snippet:

Gigi Rollins knew she was good, exuded it, and made sure her sons adopted the same attitude. She told the young Jimmy: "Every time you take the field, you have to not think, but know that you're one of the best out there. And you will be." As for letting others know as well, she added this reminder, "A closed mouth doesn't get fed."

At age 9, Rollins would stand in front of a mirror and devise a cool walk because the proper meter would advertise that he "was somebody," he said. Phillies left fielder Pat Burrell, who played on Bay Area youth teams against Rollins, said that he had buzz around him even then.

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Ever since his rookie year of 2001 he has honed and showcased what he has long dubbed "the Jimmy style," a sublime mix of electricity and undulating cool.

"He's got a swagger, but he doesn't hit you as cocky -- he's too nice," said Billy Wagner, the Mets' closer. "If I was as good as Jimmy Rollins, I'd walk around like that, too. But he takes the game seriously."

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