Typical Harbaugh approach: prepare maniacally, outwork the competition, find something to fuel your competitive fire.
Not 49ers coach Jim. Not Ravens coach John.
No, we're talking about younger sister Joani. When she was in second grade.
Passed over for the lead of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," snubbed in her pursuit of the role of Glinda the Good Witch, Joani was cast instead as a munchkin.
"I was highly, highly offended that I was not Dorothy or Glinda," Joani Crean remembered on Thursday. "So I decided to memorize the entire play in case anybody went down with the flu or something. Then they could put me in there."
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