Guy Cipriano
ALTOONA — A 15-minute stretch this past week demonstrated why the 2009 version of Miles Durham looks nothing like the player who once played for the State College Spikes.
It started in the bottom of the fifth with Durham one-hopping a two-strike pitch off the left-field wall for a three-run double. Durham didn’t stay on the bases long, scoring from second when a center fielder slid after catching a fly ball.
Once his team finished hitting, Durham donned a first baseman’s mitt and made a diving, hit-saving play in the top of the sixth.
But the biggest surprise last Thursday, might have been Durham’s presence in the Double- A game. Durham was playing for the Altoona Curve against the Erie Seawolves at Blair County Ballpark.
Even the most educated Spikes fans retain foggy memories of Durham. Fewer expected to see him climb the ranks into a Curve uniform.
via It’s no bull: Ex-Spike Durham turns Curve | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.
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