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...most of the National League Championship games either at night opposite the ALCS or in the afternoon, that tense, seesaw tussle lacked for attention. But not for theatrics: Pujols batting .500 and banging four homers, Edmonds, pursuing line drives like Michael Phelps bulleting into an Olympic pool and Astros ace Roger Clemens, 42, who pitched in Series for both the Red Sox (losing to the Mets) and the Yanks (beating the Mets), trying valiantly, vainly to get his hometown team to the finals. As commentator Jim Rome noted, it was "the best series that no one ever...
...MEDIAS ROJAS. But some credit for the Red Sox miracle has to go to the Yankees--who, after building a three- game lead, forgot how to play Yankee baseball. They showed little patience at the plate and too much on the base paths--and in the case of ace closer Mariano Rivera, didn't automatically stifle the opposition. The result: a team with a $184 million payroll (the Red Sox are second, at $127 million) performed the most crushing seven-game swan dive the grand old game ever witnessed...
...monstrous run was all Harvard needed to push it past Yale in the second frame as well. Leading 10-8, the Crimson put together an 11-2 run, including three kills by Turley-Molony. An ace by Gould gave Harvard a 13-point lead—its biggest of the match—as the Crimson easily took the middle game...
...corrupt a market as the insurance carriers and brokers have by permitting cartel-like behavior, prices go up," says Spitzer. He has issued dozens of subpoenas targeting companies like Aon, Willis Group Holdings and, as was disclosed last week, MetLife. Two executives at AIG and one from insurance company Ace, which were mentioned in the Marsh suit, pleaded guilty to charges last week. AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg promised to cooperate. But analysts aren't betting on a quick fix. "The conflicts of interest [in the industry] are pervasive," says Martin Weiss, chairman of Weiss Ratings, an independent insurance-rating firm...
...Greenberg insurance dynasty will weather Spitzer's latest assault is unclear. Hank and his sons Jeffrey and Evan, CEO of Ace, are widely respected as the first family of insurance. But each now has the rare distinction of heading a firm mentioned in a Spitzer lawsuit. Is Jeffrey really responsible for unethical practices at Marsh? Says Spitzer: "When you have an $800 million stream of income, one has to be either ignorant, lazy or complicit not to examine how this money is being derived." He's clearly ready for another fight. --With reporting by Barbara Kiviat and Jyoti Thottam/New York