"I am just too short." The coach told her that at 5 '5 "she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team — much less offered a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college."

原来篮球教练告诉她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的——更不用说会获得奖学金了——所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。

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Now the Yankees have been forced to temper their expectations, to stop dreaming about what he could have been and just hope that he can still be something useful.

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