Torii's greatest assets are his glove hand, right
arm and live legs. He is the most electrifying defensive
center
fielder
since Ken Griffey Jr. in his heyday in the 1990s. Torii's
range is unmatched—a product of his tremendous
speed and an uncanny, crack-of-the-bat sense of where
he needs to be when a hard-hit baseball returns to
earth. Amazingly, some opponents still challenge his
arm, and he almost always makes them pay.
His power is mostly to left and center. His speed
enables him to collect infield hits and stretch doubles
into triples.
You'll be hard-pressed to find someone with something negative to say about
Torii. He loves the game and is fun to be around, but he also possesses a
serious competitive streak.
His teammates have the utmost respect for him—not
just because of hard he worked to become a star, but
because of how little stardom has changed him.
Chone
Figgins made his major-league debut in 2002 for the
World Series-winning Angels, used mostly, and effectively,
as a pinch runner. His breakout year came in 2005,
when he was moved from nearly the bottom of the batting
order to leadoff hitter and used his speed to steal
a major-league high 62 bases, which also set a new
Angels team record.
Along with third base, Figgins can also play shortstop,
second base, and all three outfield positions. He is
known as being one of the top utility players in the
game of baseball.
In June 2007, Figgins broke the Angels team record
for hits in a month with 53. On July 15, 2007, Figgins
stole his 187th base as an Angel, breaking the 20-year-old
club.
Listed generously at 5'7" or 5'8", Figgins
is one of the shortest players in Major League Baseball,
though he is powerfully built and possesses gap power
along with his excellent speed. Defensively Figgins,
a natural shortstop, has played above average defense
at every position he has been assigned to, utilizing
both quickness and a powerful arm.
Dain Blanton is an American beach volleyball player,
who attended Pepperdine University where he was an
All-American and guided The Waves to a National Volleyball
Championship in 1992. 
He won the gold medal in Beach Volleyball in the 2000
Sydney Olympic Games. He returned to the 2004 Athens
Olympic Games, becoming the first and only two-time
U.S. male Beach Volleyball Olympian.
As a Laguna Beach high school senior in 1990, Blanton
was named the Orange County Player of the Year, Most
Valuable Player of the Pacific Coast League.
Blanton was also an All-State Basketball player who
led Laguna Beach to the CIF Finals in 1990.
He is known for his fast serve holding the AVP record
for 11 aces in a single game to 15 in Vail, Colorado
in 1997.
Currently Dain is playing beach volleyball part time
on the AVP tour and beginning a new career in Sports
Broadcasting working with Fox Sports Net and Universal
Sports Network.
He is covering many sports including NBA, MLB, College
Football and Beach Volleyball.
Jennifer
(Kessy) Boss keeps building on her game which earned
her the 2004 AVP Most Improved Player award.
In 2006 Boss finished with her third consecutive
season ranking in the top 10 in points. In her first
22 career domestic events, she advanced to Sunday's
play (finishing seventh or better) just once, but entering
the 2008 season had done so in all but two of her last
59 domestic tournaments.
Boss finished the 2005 season ranked third in blocks
(176), and eighth in both hitting percentage (.418)
and kill percentage (.549). In 2006 she was seventh
in blocks (.80 per game), fifth in kill percentage
(.566), and 10th in hitting percentage (.430). Boss
was ninth in kill percentage (.538) and 10th in hitting
percentage (.411) in 2007. She earned her first beach
title in 2001 with Heather Lowe at the FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour Thailand Challenger.
Boss graduated from USC and was a member of the volleyball
team for all four years (1995-1998). She was named
All-District in 1997, All-American in 1998 and earned
All-PAC 10 selection 1995-1998. Boss was also a member
of the U.S. Junior National Team. She played indoors
professionally for the Chicago Thunder in 2002 and
in Puerto Rico in 2003.
Diamond
Dallas Page, known around the sports
entertainment world of professional wrestling
as "DDP".
His drive and ambition would lead
him on an inspirational journey from being three-time
world wrestling champion to his current endeavor
of inspiring others to Own Your Life. DDP has developed
his life changing YRG (Yoga for Regular Guys) system
including books, audio cd's and DVD workouts and
is touring the country to promote his system and
life changing results.
After reaching several athletic goals,
DDP decided that he could and would do something that
had never been done before…in any sport. Approaching
36, he became the oldest rookie in history and started
wrestling. During his fourteen-year career, he captivated
audiences and became a three-time world wrestling champion.
Highly publicized and financially successful pay-per
view and network feuds with wrestling giants such as
Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Hulk Hogan and
Bill Goldberg became legendary for hardcore wrestling
fans, but Diamond Dallas Page also was able to bridge
the gap between sports entertainment wrestling and
mainstream entertainment. As networks, actors and professional
athletes became more interested in the fan base and
ratings that professional wrestling was attracting,
Diamond Dallas Page became the unlikely tag team partner
of late-night talk show host Jay Leno, basketball icon
Karl Malone and movie star David Arquette. Those pay-per-view
and charity match appearances versus Hollywood Hulk
Hogan and perennial "bad boy" Dennis Rodman
are memorable to both fans and non-fans alike.
Along with the championship came pain
and injury. While performing wrestling stunt sequences
during the making of the movie "Ready To Rumble",
DDP severely damaged his back when he suffered ruptures
of his L4 and L5 discs. Now in his mid-forties, it
seemed that he should listen to all those who suggested
that either surgery or retirement would ease the pain
and be the best solution to the loss of mobility his
injuries had caused.
Page began to search for a better answer,
knowing that his positive attitude was equal to the
challenge of rehabilitation. Along with the support
of doctors and physical therapists, he decided to become
an expert at healing his own body. He studied and experimented
with chiropractics, applied kinesiology, nutrition,
organic juicing and supplementation to create the perfect
mix of wellness for a person who was
trying
to, as he put it, to put "Humpty Dumpty back together
again."
After studying the positive healing
effects and increased flexibility that yoga positions
provided, DDP became a devotee and adapted the discipline
to meet his own needs. He developed YRG: Yoga For Regular
Guys, which is a comprehensive, creative and motivational
approach to longevity and better understanding of health
and fitness that is presented in 20, 30 and 45 minute
workouts.
Film credits include Ready to Rumble,
First Daughter, Rat Race, The Devil's Rejects, Splinter
(2006) Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horrors (2006) and Driftwood
(2006). Television credits include The Tonight Show,
Entourage, Hollywood Squares, The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart, Regis and the Best Damn Sports Show. He conducts
inspirational seminars in the corporate and educational
environment, guiding audiences through branding and
goal-setting using his own formulas and self-taught
techniques. In 1999 he published his autobiography:Positively
Page: The Diamond Dallas Page Story. And his second
book, YRG: Yoga for Regular Guys was published November
2005.
www.DiamondDallasPage.com
www.YRGWorkout.com