Mizzou in the Majors: Havoc-Wreaker

♦ Havoc-Wreaker (StLToday.com)

When word drifted from the desert to his office in Columbia, Mo., that a nimble shortstop wanted a new place to play, University of Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson flew to Arizona to scout for himself.

He watched Ian Kinsler handle three ground balls and knew he had spotted the infielder who would change his program. It didn't take much longer to realize he had found a personality that would, too.
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Said Jamieson: "He's that same catalyst now that he was for us. He was always aggressive, but it's a line he learned from making all those aggressive moves. He's a more refined version of what he was here."