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Oct. 25 - Oct. 31, 2002

The Forgotten Giant

Shinjo left on the bench in World Series madness

By Brian Liou
Special to AsianWeek

Ignored, forgotten, flung away — I’m not quite sure how exactly to describe it. But amid the 42,707 mildly berserk fans Tuesday night at Pac Bell Park, the city’s most important game in 13 years, a once-promising Giant vacated the minds of the Bay Area baseball collective.

For someone with such intriguing curiosity but also lugging such high expectations; for someone initially welcomed city-wide with open arms — San Francisco center fielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo has literally disappeared from the face of Giants planet...

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