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...Gone are the days of the three-hour lunch. Gone are the days when school-kids dreaded detention because it meant no tickets for a 3 p.m. showdown against the Cardinals. Now, these kids can get in trouble all they want; Daddy will take them to Bat Night...
...promote their clubs. Says Art Clarkson, a major shareholder and general manager of the Birmingham Barons: "The days of opening the gates and letting people in are over. We've had to get into the merchandising business." As in the majors, the minor-league clubs started ball, hat, bat and sweatband nights. Then the farm teams added a few gimmicks all their own. Several clubs offer home-plate weddings to their fans. Anyone attending a Birmingham Barons game can order a birthday cake brought to his seat and watch his name being flashed on the electronic scoreboard. The El Paso...
...have reached the Applegate of my years. Metaphorically, my bat speed has slowed, my reflexes have begun to dim and more than a stride has been lost going down the line to first. That may help explain why I follow with such fascination and dread the fortunes of the last four big league ballplayers who are older than I am. By daring to stop time for at least one more summer, these final four have become my personal antidotes to middle age, even as I chart their downward slide in the arithmetic of the box scores and the formulaic prose...
...estate syndicator and some Texas savings and loan associations. He says, however, he was merely "acting as an ombudsman" for the constituents he represents, which is not just a right but a duty for a Congressman. Wright seems to have been rather incurious about the constituents he went to bat for -- one has since been charged with helping to defraud the S and L he headed of $40 million. Nonetheless, Wright has a defense unavailable to Meese. As a top White House aide and later as Attorney General, Meese had no constituents; he "represents" the entire nation. By no stretch...
Caprio, an excellent defensive outfielder, won the Wingate Award as the team's most valuable player and the Wendell Bat Award for offensive production. In addition to hitting. 300, Caprio--who played defensive back for the Ivy League champion Harvard football team--led the Crimson with three home runs, 21 runs batted in and 32 hits...