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With runners on first and second, a balk was called on Harvard starting pitcher Mike Dorrington. He got Terrier third baseman James Sartori in an 0-2 hole, but lost him, walking Sartori and loading the bases...
...Last season will be remembered as the Year of the Balk. Umpires decided to get tough and start calling it. Who led the major leagues for most balks...
...addition, the ruling found that Rickard told the property's buyer, Arthur Abbott, that she had illegally converted the property. The board recommended that Abbott and his partner, Victor Balk, be ordered to restore the building to its original state...
...country where the private lives of public figures are veiled in mystery, Ott dares to ask questions that others only think about. What salaries do Soviet athletes earn? What sort of family life does an opera singer have? His guests may balk at the questions or try to evade them, but every honest answer is a small victory for openness. Says Ott: "I am sometimes accused of being too philistine in my approach. But I think such questions are exactly what viewers find interesting. Families, apartments and salaries are the only points where their lives touch and overlap with celebrities...
...this ink can be blamed on Pete Rose or balk rules. Giamatti is too articulate for his own anonymity. Sportswriters have learned that Bart, as everyone calls him, will eventually deliver the colorful remark. It may take some hounding. He may try to put them off with a "Can't talk to you now, guy" or a "Later, pal," displaying the side-of-the-mouth brusqueness he adopts when feeling besieged. Never mind. Sooner or later, usually sooner, he will relent. Prod him with questions. Why has he been critical of those huge screens towering behind outfield fences...