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...stopped. Someone threw a fire bomb inside, and the crowd yelled, "Roast them! Burn them alive!" The Freedom Riders staggered off the smoking bus, and as one, Hank Thomas, hit the ground, reeling from fumes, a white man asked solicitously, "Are you O.K.?" And then took a baseball bat and swung at Thomas as hard as he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Children's Crusade | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...Forst had a lot of great at-bats last year," Walsh said. "He's improved immeasurably with the bat, and he's become a tough out. Before, he would just slap the ball around, but now I think he's a real two-way player...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revamped Staff, Explosive Lineup Key Hardball Repeat Bid | 3/19/1998 | See Source »

Senior designated hitter Brett Vankoski, who terrorized League pitching last season, will do the base-cleaning in the middle of the lineup. Ever the focus of Ivy scouting reports, Vankoski's big bat will pick up some of Albers' slack in terms of power...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revamped Staff, Explosive Lineup Key Hardball Repeat Bid | 3/19/1998 | See Source »

...Average amount a Houston Astros player earns per at-bat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 9, 1998 | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Some guys can just hold an audience. In baseball, no matter the score, fans have never left the park until Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Willie Mays or Junior Griffey has had his last turn at-bat. And at Wrigley Field, even if the Cubs trailed by 10, no one ever left before Harry Caray sang Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Only then was the experience complete. Hey, Elvis, wherever you are--your pal Harry has left the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: Harry Caray | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

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