Passion for Game, Competitive Drive Serve Ungs Well; Dyersville Beckman Grad Battled Triple-a Debut

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DES MOINES - The first time I fully understood Nic Ungs' greatest baseball intangibles, he lit up, of all things, a radar gun.

Ungs had just pitched Dyersville Beckman to a first-round victory in the 1998 Iowa Class 2A state baseball tournament in Marshalltown. And, instead of giving his valuable right arm the baby treatment in case he needed to pitch again a few days later, Ungs decided to test it against the gun.

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Passion for Game, Competitive Drive Serve Ungs Well; Dyersville Beckman Grad Battled Triple-a Debut

Ungs couldn't resist the temptation of that gun, set up beneath the football bleachers in a contest for fans. And before Beckman coach Tom Jenk Jr. caught wind of it, Ungs threw enough pitches into the tarp to take a sizeable lead on the competiti...

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