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Lightning in a baby bottle

Tiger Woods was pointed on the road to greatness by a dominant father figure. At Tiger's golf clinic for kids, Page 2's Ralph Wiley watched El Tigre return the favor.

Updated: June 21, 2002, 1:49 PM ET
By Ralph Wiley | Page 2 columnist

My very good friend, former Sports Illustrated writer, editor and author Bob Creamer, once wrote of Joe DiMaggio and his hitting streak:

"Whenever anyone does something marvelous, something truly admirable and endearing, other human beings feel a sense of pride and exultation. We are pleased that someone human, someone who eats and breathes like us, who has arms and legs and ears and eyes like us, has done this splendid thing. It gives us a vicarious sense of accomplishment and even self-satisfaction. ...

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