Winn makes good start with Giants

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: August 9, 2005| Author: Andrew BaggarlySTAFF WRITER | Copyright information

SAN FRANCISCO -- For Randy Winn, fame isn't a perk of being a major league player. It's just part of the job.

Few players make such a concerted effort to keep their face off the TV screen, their name out of the papers and their private business private.

Yet the Danville native will raise his voice when the situation calls for it. Before the 2002 season, he walked into the office of Devil Rays manager Hal McRae and asked where he stood on the team. McRae answered that Winn was a...

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