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Question: Who is the first batter in the major leagues to be the 4,000th strikeout victim of a pitcher? Answer: New York Met Danny Heep. After two fast-balls and a curve that fooled him badly, Mr. Heep became the latest answer to a trivia question on the occasion last week of Nolan Ryan's unmatched milestone. A crowd of more than 20,000, including Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, gave the Houston Astros pitcher a two-minute standing ovation when he reached four grand. Ryan, 38, chalked up four more batters before leaving the game in the seventh inning...
...Cooke's Tour Columnist and BBC commentator Alistair Cooke, who died in March [MILESTONES, April 12], dazzled radio listeners as an analyzer of American life for almost 60 years. When he celebrated his 1,000th broadcast for the British network 36 years ago, we described his journalistic habits [April...
...accurate about what's happening in the present. Kerry first introduced this charge back in November, when the nation had lost more than 3 million private-sector jobs since the start of the Bush presidency. (The number has since dipped under 3 million.) The 1,500,000th minute of the Bush presidency ticked by in December. Divide the jobs lost by the number of minutes and--presto!--two jobs a minute. But hirings began overtaking firings last September, and the economy has been creating jobs for a net increase since then of 364,000. So right now, the country...
...Saturday, the pre-game ceremonies honored senior Bev Moore and co-captains Hana Peljto and Tricia Tubridy. Peljto had scored her 2,000th point the night before, Tubridy was one three-point basket away from having 100 for her career and all of the seniors had their families in attendance...
...previous night, the Crimson enjoyed a dominating victory against the Bulldogs and a rare milestone for one of the program’s greatest players. Peljto scored her 2,000th point with 18:37 left in the first half on a layup, assisted by Katie Murphy. The game stopped as her teammates rushed the court to give Peljto hugs and a bouquet of flowers...