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...runner on first has a notion to steal second. The first baseman has a notion to slip behind him. The pitcher has a notion to pick him off, but he delivers to the plate where the batter swings to protect the runner who decides to go now, and the second baseman braces himself to make the tag if only the catcher can rise to the occasion and put a low, hard peg inside...
...silver or bronze, what interests us is the medals of morals and honor." Cuban baseball officials, who are used to this sort of thing by now, were more blase and fatalistic about Arrojo's departure, even though Arrojo pitched six shutout innings against Team USA on June 29. Third baseman Omar Linares, the player long and most coveted by major league scouts, told Lawes, "It's a personal decision. Each person must live his own life-style. But [every Cuban player] is more dedicated now to our purpose." Evaristo Ruiz, head of Cuba's baseball delegation, likened Arrojo's defection...
...question all year with this team seemed to be whether a team with nine freshman pitchers on a staff of 13 could consistently win baseball games. Would captain Marc Levy, catcher Dennis Doble and first baseman Scott Parrot--the only seniors on the roster--provide enough leadership to improve on last year's abysmal 10-25 season...
Junior third baseman Katina Lee, who paced Harvard with four homers and 20 RBI, and sophomore pitcher Tasha Cupp, who led the team with 10 victories and 60 strikeouts, earned Second Team All-Ivy honors. Honorable mentions went to senior second baseman Danielle Feinberg and junior co-captain Melissa Reyen, who played first base...
Perhaps more significantly, Fox has taken over the rather moribund marketing of baseball with a series of fresh, wiseacre promos titled "Same Game, New Attitude." They include the Phillies' Lenny Dykstra jumping into a mosh pit, Yankee first baseman Tino Martinez on the couch of a shrink who happens to be a Don Mattingly fan, and Cal Ripken getting razzed by his mailman, who asks, "I don't suppose you've had to deal with any rabid Dobermans at shortstop, Mr. Streak?" Fox will also do a kids' pregame show, In the Zone, to lure future fans whose bedtimes have...