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Column: Meet Ryan Zurn, a 10-year-old baseball announcer

LOS ANGELES -- The young voice on the public address system at La Mirada High baseball games makes you turn your head to see if the voice matches the person. It does. Ryan Zurn, the 10-year-old son of head coach Jimmy Zurn, handles the job with the professionalism of someone much older. "He's wise beyond his years," his father said. "He's like a 59-year-old man reading the newspaper with a cup ...
Ryan Zurn, the 10- year-old son of La Mirada coach Jimmy Zurn, has been universally praised for his public address announcing at games.

LOS ANGELES -- The young voice on the public address system at La Mirada High baseball games makes you turn your head to see if the voice matches the person.

It does.

Ryan Zurn, the 10-year-old son of head coach Jimmy Zurn, handles the job with the professionalism of someone much older.

"He's wise beyond his years," his father said.

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