Pick a few engaged members of the audience, one on the right, one in the center and one on the left and make fluid eye contact with each consistently.

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Instead, her October 2008 surgery at the Tampa, Florida- based center left Balch incontinent, with a dangerous spinal fluid leak, she said.

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But it's clear Gardner views himself as a natural center fielder, one who will never be as fluid in left field, despite his success at the position.

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