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...market spotlight but also in a brand-new position. Since his job at shortstop was already taken by the beloved if defensively inferior Yankees captain Derek Jeter, ARod, desperate to abandon the train-wreck Texas Rangers, agreed to play third. More challenging than standing 40 feet closer to the batter will be playing in an atmosphere where anything other than a World Series victory is considered failure. If he can succeed at that, the sport's best player could finally give baseball a Michael Jordan--size star, as long as people outside New York City can celebrate another happy Yankee...
Harvard’s starting rightfielder, leadoff batter and newly-named closer—and a former “No. 1 high school baseball player in Michigan,” according to the Detroit Free Press in 2002—Salsgiver is tough as nails. But don’t think, for a second, that he doesn’t enjoy every minute he spends on a baseball field...
...pitchers in ERA (2.86) while leading the team in batting. His five home runs were more than he gave up (one). And even though he batted third in the order, his strikeout-to-walk ratio as a pitcher (37-to-5) was even more impressive than that as a batter...
Mann recounts the event with a slight smile on his face—describing how he and his batterymate amazingly ended up striking out the batter on the next pitch, only to hear a mysterious, excruciating “pop” in his arm on a routine throw to third—but the residual disappointment manages to show through the pleasantries...
...flavor to clam. But in the Bahamas' own original fast food?ubiquitous across the archipelago?the mollusk is turned into a fritter. Made from ground conch meat (it's on the chewy side, so is often minced to tenderize it), onion, bell peppers and hot seasonings mixed with batter and deep fried, conch fritters have an almost indefinable,spicy-with-a-hint-of-the-ocean taste. A home-cooked staple, conch fritters also feature as appetizers in many a Bahamian restaurant. Try them (six for $4.75) at local favorite The Poop Deck: sit on the veranda overlooking the harbor...