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Former Sooner Bartlett on ESPN.com
October 24, 2008 | Baseball
Oct. 24, 2008
NORMAN, Okla. -- Former Sooner Jason Bartlett, now with the Tampa Bay Rays, has had another solid season in the Majors and has quitely helped his team all the way to the World Series.
Bartlett was a two-time All-Big 12 performer at Oklahoma in 2000-2001 and was teammates with another Sooner playing in the World Series, Philadelphia's Greg Dobbs.
On Oct. 24, Bartlett was featured on ESPN.com and below is a portion of the article. Click the link at the bottom of the page to access the full story.
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Oct. 24, 2008
ESPN.com
By Amy K. Nelson
Bartlett quietly helps Rays win, America eat
Jason Bartlett's cell phone has been inundated with messages from numbers he doesn't recognize. But all the notes streaming into his new phone are the same: congratulations from friends and family for scoring them a free taco.
Yes, Bartlett is in the World Series with the Tampa Bay Rays. He's even driven in a run -- with a safety squeeze that pushed across Cliff Floyd in the fourth inning of the team's 4-2 win over the Phillies on Thursday night in Game 2 of the World Series.
But, as usual, Bartlett is earning more praise for the smaller acts, such as his Game 2 bunt or his Game 1 stolen base, which will allow every person in America to claim a free taco from 2-6 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
"I changed over my phone this morning, and I didn't transfer the numbers yet," Bartlett said. "I'm getting all these text messages but don't know who they are yet."
Asked whether he was being given a hard time by his friends, he said, "No, they're saying 'Thank you.'"
The appreciation has come in small doses for Bartlett this season, but the unassuming shortstop prefers it that way. He hit .286 this season, drove in 37 runs and homered once. Remarkably, that performance was enough for local Tampa sportswriters to vote Bartlett -- not third baseman Evan Longoria or pitcher James Shields or first baseman Carlos Pena -- as the team's MVP.
Click here to read the rest of the story.
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