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...wait a minute. Players don't have living expenses during the season. Even so, the meager $300,000--which is certainly in the same ballpark as the salaries earned by other professionals like doctors and lawyers--would hardly cover the costs of the expensive education the players had to go through to get there...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: No Joy in Mudville | 8/6/1985 | See Source »

...commissioner's office should be applauded for encouraging clubs to dilute ballpark beer and to prohibit end-of-game beer sales, but baseball should pursue the best solution to the mob problem--sell no beer...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Take It Out of the Ballpark | 4/27/1985 | See Source »

...greedy little kids cried and should for some tangible members from their trip to the ballpark. I wanted to tell them who was they were yelling to, to shut up and have respect-go bug the rag-arm warming up in the Red Sox pen, but don't disturb this guy-he's special...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Thirty-Nine and Still Stalking the Perfect Delivery | 4/26/1985 | See Source »

Just as the colors of the ballpark merge to engulf the sensation, just as the players merge into a roster generations long, so too the souls of all Red Sox fans merge, joining a tradition that supercedes statistics, that...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: The Color Green | 2/20/1985 | See Source »

...something of a trademark. On Tuesday night, the sweater was back, and so too, it seemed, was Rather's cold. Was he fighting a cold or fatigue--and if so, was he using speed to do the trick? No, most probably not, but that at least would explain his ballpark behavior. "Ronald Reagan is like the Babe Ruth of politics," Rather said, leaning forward intently. "The old democratic coalition is going"--right arm waves frantically to the side--"going"--a little more frantic waving--"gone!--waving climaxes and is accompanied by a little jump from seat. Ever the educator, Rather...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Spoiling the Show | 11/9/1984 | See Source »

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