Patrick Patterson, left, missed his first professional shot but hit eight straight to finish 8-of-9 from the field. Photo: Chronicle, Mayra Beltran / HC

帕特里克.帕特森，图左，投失职业生涯首球后连中8球，全场9投8中。

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In the fall of 2006, while trying to decide on a college, Patrick Patterson and his parents listened to a recruiting pitch from Marshall head coach Ron Jirsa.

2006年秋天，正准备挑选大学的Patrick Patterson跟父母听了马歇尔大学主教练Ron Jirsa新生招募讲座。

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Back then, they were destroyed on home soil by a West Indies pace quartet of Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose and Patrick Patterson.

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But, from gangling youth to gangling adult, he had often played fourth fiddle to the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Ian Bishop, Patrick Patterson and Curtly Ambrose.

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