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Saturday, September 24, 2005
That Dirtbag Attitude In Pre-Dirtbag Days  Over at 6-4-2 blog, Rob's got a great piece on Robb Nen, the former San Francisco Giants closer and son of former Long Beach State 49er (and big leaguer) Dick Nen. I won't steal his thunder, give it a read. But this portion of the ESPN.com quote Rob uses really caught my eye: ...This is the closer's moment: Head-to-head with a bruising bat and the game, and the championship, on the line. My stuff against yours, no quarter and no holds barred. This is the time when [Robb] Nen reaches back, not just to the reserves of strength in his arm, and not just to 300-plus saves worth of experience over a 10-year career, but all the way back, to the lessons his dad, former big-leaguer Dick Nen, taught him about always going hard. "He told me, it must have been a thousand times, 'let everything you do show your respect for the game,' " Nen says. " 'Don't cheat yourself, and don't cheat your teammates.' "...Dick Nen was the first Long Beach State player to make it to the Major Leagues, making his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 18, 1963. The "Dirtbag Era" began in 1989, but it's clear that Dick Nen's attitude about the game fit the mold.
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