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Remember the thousands of camera flashes for every Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire at-bat in 1998? Remember the awe that each home run caused as you watched history unfold before your eyes...
...early Friday morning, which made it kind of tough to play a match at one,” Bergman said. “I didn’t feel super prepared...I think I just started playing pretty well right off the bat. I just played smart I guess...
...four-page letter to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, appealing to the their common humanity to reduce tensions between the two countries. The letter is genuine, heartfelt--and sublimely idealistic. When he showed it to top aides, they blanched; Presidents did not send such personal appeals right off the bat, they said. Reagan and his aides went back and forth for days; at one point, the State Department was given the job of writing an alternative letter. In the end, however, Reagan made sure that both letters were sent...
Pujols has 200(!) more at-bats than Bonds this season. And Bonds still has more homers. If Bonds got 200 more chances to swing the bat, do you think Pujols would have a shot at the triple crown? As Fred Willard would say in A Mighty Wind, “I don’t think...
...cities catering to more than 10,000 players. And the Midwest Unconventional Sports Association has 230 teams with about 3,700 players in five cities. For those who can't remember, kickball is played much like baseball--only you kick the ball rather than hit it with a bat. The teams generally consist of 10 or 11 players each (men and women), and the game lasts for five to seven innings, depending on the league. Expertise isn't required. "I am totally not athletically inclined," says Jennifer Wendt, 27, a Minneapolis marketing manager and enthusiastic kickball player. "But kids...