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...earlier study had already found a correlation between combat jobs and domestic violence. Troops trained to fight are more likely to batter children than their uniformed colleagues in noncombat jobs, according to a 1979 study of 985 cases of child abuse among Air Force personnel by the University of New Hampshire. "There's a spillover from what one does in one sphere of life in one role to what one does in other roles," says Murray Straus, a University of New Hampshire family-violence expert who worked on the study. "If you're in an occupation whose business is killing...
...Specialization. On April 26 Oriole Brady Anderson had four extra- base hits in his first four at bats during a 10-4 win over the A's, all of them while leading off an inning. But when he came up as the third batter in the seventh, he struck out. "See that?" he said, joking. "I can't be expected to produce in other roles. I'm a leadoff...
Meanwhile, the Huskies backed their pitcher up with a pair of runs in the first inning. Outfielder Ed Carnes, the first inning. Outfielder Ed Carnes, the team's second batter of the game, laid down a perfect bunt down the third-base line for a single, promptly stole second and then was driven in by a Derek Gauthier shot off the Green Monster in left. Gauthier, after stealing third, was then driven in on a Mike Glavine groundout, making the score...
Raise the mound, they say. Call that armpit-high strike again. Speed the game up, keep the batter...
After junior Jana Meader walked two Vermont players with two outs, Walker was called to the field and proceeded to strike out the next Vermont batter and secure Harvard's only victory of the weekend...