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Kerry was answering a charge that he opposed tort reform and that "frivolous" lawsuits were costing the government $28 billion. Kerry's percentage figure was in the ballpark; health-care spending in 2002 was $1.6 trillion, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, malpractice costs were an estimated 1.5% of the total. Moreover, several studies have concluded that capping malpractice-lawsuit awards would have a negligible impact on health-care costs...
...donned caps and jerseys pledging allegiance to Boston than the two teams actually competing right before their eyes. Granted, the Expos are neither popular nor particularly good and their opponents, the Houston Astros, would have been asking quite a bit of their fans to make the trek to the ballpark. But why the disproportionate number of visible Red Sox supporters, besmirching an otherwise splendid five-inning, no-hit effort from Montreal hurler Tony Armas...
...just comes to play every day,” Walsh said. “If we’re out on the field at 10:30 a.m., he’s at the batting cages at 9. You just can’t beat him to the ballpark. If you’ve got that work ethic in anything, it’s going to pay off for you, and he’s showing it at the plate...
...peanuts and cracker jack, fans swear by baseball food staples. Fenway franks—slathered in ketchup and accompanied by a cold beer and a seat in the bleachers—are as crucial to the Red Sox experience as the Green Monster. Before you can indulge in this ballpark delicacy, however, you have to find your way inside the Fenway confines—never an easy task...
...We’re going to hopefully get a lot of guys on base, and force him to make a mistake—and when you make a mistake, any one of our guys can hit it out of the ballpark...