DENVER -- Each time that Rockies first baseman Ben Paulsen coils his 6-foot-4 frame to take in a ground ball, you see a little bit of his mother, Leslie Paulsen. In a sense, every game he plays is a Mother's Day present.
It's known in baseball circles that Paulsen is son of a collegiate coach, Tom Riginos, who recruited him to Clemson and now coaches at Winthrop. But the earliest stages of Paulsen's development into a fine athlete and humble teammate -- one with sound fielding technique -- can be credited to mom.
Leslie Paulsen had Ben as a single mother on Oct.