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Even flow: Shelton brings positivity and grit to Pirates

by AP Sports Writer
| July 23, 2020 2:03 PM

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The initial dream died quickly and quietly late in 1993 when surgeons opened up Derek Shelton's mangled right elbow and tried to piece it back together. It didn't take. At least not well enough for Shelton to continue his baseball career as a catcher who relied more on tenacity than talent to get by.

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