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Top 5 Baseball Speedsters by: Kevin Bourassa 5. Joey Gathright- Tampa Bay Devil Ray(OF, Minors) Joey Gathright has been called the fastest player in the league, he's even been called the fastest man in the world, but he hasn't yet received big-league playing time. Gathright could be that guy, who gets to the 100 SB mark. He'll have to wait however with a crowded list of OF's on Tampa Bay. Joey Gathright is so fast, so athletic that he can jump over a car... the long way. 'But I can't do it anymore,' Gathright said. 'It's in my contract. I'm not allowed to jump over cars anymore. Can't jump fences, either.' Gathright could get a call to the majors sometime in 2004. Steals projection this season: '45
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