True grit: Angels' Adam Kennedy makes hard work pay off; Anaheim's hard-nosed second baseman takes care of business with consistent defensive work and clutch hitting.

From: Baseball Digest | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Miech, Rob | Copyright information

HE TALKS WITH A SLIGHT LISP, hits ninth in the batting order, and generally shuns the spotlight.

Last October 13 when Anaheim clinched its first American League pennant in the club's 41-year history, was, for Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy, just another chance to do his job.

This was not only the day the Angels made history, but it was when fans other than Kennedy's father, Tom; his friends in Riverside, California; a neighbor or two in Newport Beach and t...

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