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...more films, both directed by their writers, that play games with baseball. David S. Ward's Major League is a rowdy, genially cynical comedy about jocks and Jills. Its fanciful Cleveland Indians team is a bunch of rejects from the Mexican, minor and California Penal leagues. Now coming to bat: the veteran catcher on his last legs (Tom Berenger), the Willie Mays wanna-be (Wesley Snipes), the pampered third baseman (Corbin Bernsen). And on the mound, a fastballer (Charlie Sheen) with control problems on and off the field. With this gang, in this comic fantasy, the Tribe can't lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Don't Run: One Hit, One Error | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

Striedter says he told the two students who were planning senior bars in private rooms that they could either cancel the parties or move to public rooms, where tutors and a Beverage Authorization Team (BAT) would be present...

Author: By Michael S. Berk, | Title: Masters Review Rules Covering Senior Bars | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

Among those masters who say they support public senior bars, there is a debate over whether to subsidize the additional costs accrued by making the parties public. Students estimate that meeting University rules that require a BAT team and police--as well as a temporary liquor license--cost more than...

Author: By Michael S. Berk, | Title: Masters Review Rules Covering Senior Bars | 4/22/1989 | See Source »

...palm fronds rattle behind the right-field fence. The odors of peanuts, mustard and beer waft over the emerald green grass, and in the inebriating sunshine, laughter and catcalls issue from the bleachers. An eight-year-old boy waves a miniature bat, a bikini-clad college student ogles the first baseman, and a pair of guys in U.A.W. T shirts argue earned-run averages in the shade of an entryway tunnel. At the plate, a nervous hopeful up from the minors squares his batting helmet and prays to the puffy clouds above the orange groves: God, please send the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Spring's Old Sweet Song | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...next at-bat Doug Demeo broke the tie by lofting a Texas Leaguer into no-man's land between Harvard second baseman Casey Cobb and rightfielder Ted Decareau. Both Dextradeur and McMillin came around to score on the bloop hit, making it 4-2, Holy Cross...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Bow in Ninth, 6-4 | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

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