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BOSTON--Mike Witt pitched a five-hitter and the California Angels jolted Boston ace Roger Clemens for four runs in the second inning last night to beat the Red Sox, 8-1, in the first game of the American League playoffs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Sox Blasted, 8-1 | 10/8/1986 | See Source »

...There is," Ernie said, and anyone hearing him would have wished for all the world that Ernest C. Brauer had an ace up his sleeve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Family's Bankruptcy | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...other team would have let a runner (Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals) score from first base on a single to win the 1946 world series, or seen its pennant-clinching runner (Luis Aparichio) stumble in the basepaths just before he would score, or let one of its ace hurlers give up a home run to Bucky Dent in the division-deciding game against the Yankees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sox Fans: Ya Gotta Believe | 8/12/1986 | See Source »

...Edward, his brother's "supporter" (best man, in common parlance), and the Queen Mother, Prince Philip, Princess Anne and little Prince William. After the country's first family took its place on the high altar, across from "Fergie's" glamorous mother Susan and her second husband, the Argentine polo ace Hector Barrantes, the final carriage in the procession, the gold-black-and-burgundy Glass Coach, pulled up outside. As trumpets sounded and thousands roared, out stepped the Titian-haired bride, royal in her carriage and radiant in her flowing ivory satin gown and 17 1/2- foot train. By her side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Windsors, a Down-Home Royal Bash | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

Taking the mound for the Green against Harvard ace Chris Marchok will be sophomore Mike Remlinger, who leads the nation in earned run average at 1.19. Remlinger, who owns a 6-5 mark, has struck out 97 batters in 67 innings of work...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Batsmen Can UMass | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

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