Word: balks
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...sustainable. The harsh reality is that smart, conservative, data-driven, patient-focused medicine is not necessarily profitable medicine. Last year, Mayo lost $840 million on $1.7 billion in Medicare work. It compensated by charging private insurers a premium for the Mayo name, but they're starting to balk. "The system pays more money for worse care," says Mayo CEO Denis Cortese. "If it doesn't start paying for value instead of volume, it will destroy the culture of the organizations with the best care. We might have to start doing more procedures just to stay in business...
...fastball tailed inside. Although the ball appeared to strike Zailskas when he was in the batter’s box, Troupe opted in this instance to grant the free pass. As expletives rained from the crowd and home bench, Big Green head coach Bob Whalen argued, to no avail.THE BALK MOVEAll year long Walsh has emphasized the little things, honing fundamentals on the diamond. One such focus has been pickoffs, of which the team has 10—including four by Suter—this season. In attempting these moves Harvard has also yielded eight balks, but Walsh welcomes...
...What to take away from the Saberi trial now is up to the Obama administration. It could follow the drums of the anti-dialogue voices and use Saberi’s case to once again balk at pursuing negotiation, or it could give credit—for whatever it’s worth—to Ahmadinejad’s public defense of Saberi’s right to appeal and view that, as a signal, Tehran is not willing to lose the diplomatic progress of the past season after Obama’s inauguration. The stakes are too high...
...keep a low profile with a decaf chai latte and eye potential biddies. High school hasn’t gone so well for me with women. Sure, I once reached first base on a balk, but I got out by a fielder’s choice. [4] College will go better now that I’m reinventing myself. I strut over to a girl, hit her book out of her hand and say, “Do you have any idea how many free t-shirts I got today?” She doesn’t respond...
...best stuff.Things went from bad to worse for the Crimson in the bottom of the fifth, when Watson failed to provide much relief after inheriting two runners from Nutter. David Gustavson and Tamsin greeted him with back-to-back run-scoring hits, and Watson came unglued—a balk, wild pitch, walk, and consecutive singles followed before Walsh called for Hofeld with the score 14-4.Harvard’s defense did not particularly help the floundering pitching staff, commiting two errors in the difficult contest.The game started in promising fashion for the Crimson, with sophomore leadoff man Dillon...