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Some junk food richly deserves that name, although it must be remembered that one man's meat is another man's corndog (a wienie impaled on a stick and dunked in a bubbling cornbread batter). But much prepacked or rapid-fire fare simply tastes better than the meals Mom used to make-when Mom's was the clapboard greasy spoon tucked invitingly along the two-lane highway, with three cars parked in front, all bearing out-of-state plates. Critics like to claim that the major chains are taking the adventure out of eating, that motorists...
...Angeles Dodgers. And Stan Musial, of the .330 lifetime average and undying fame. Then there is Artie Wilson of the Negro Leagues, who outshone Jackie Robinson and won only mildly-regretted obscurity, and Early Wynn, the Hall of Fame pitcher who threw at the head of any batter who stood between him and his historic 300th career victory--including, in one exhibition, his own son. There are countless anecdotes, profiles, memories that are not really nostalgic, but simply songs of praise to the simplicity and elegance of a game all these men have shared...
...Crimson replied in the bottom of that inning. An error by the shortstop landed leadoff batter Tom Joyce on first. Pearce sacrificed Joyce to second and then Steve Joyce whacked a triple, evening up the tally...
Baloff, who was cruising with a three-hitter and totally baffling Big Red batters until the eighth then intentionally walked the next batter to load the bases again and set up a force situation and hopefully a double play...
Meanwhile, the Lions were giving Acosta the runs he needed. Harvard's 1-0 margin was short-lived, as Columbia right fielder Mike Brown drilled Harvard starter Ron Stewart for a single up the middle in the top of the third. Stewart walked the next batter to put men on first and second...