Saturday, December 5, 2009

Wherever He Pitches, Staten Island's Jason Marquis Wins

If he wanted, Jason Marquis could live where pool covers go unused. Maybe on a prime piece of oceanfront property or in a golf course-abutting mansion out West, popular choices among his friends in baseball. But Marquis, a 31-year-old pitcher, is the local celebrity who has stayed local, returning after every season to the South Shore of Staten Island, where he grew up.

NY Times

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