Word: batterer
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...write his first novel. It was April 1978 and Murakami was in the stands at Tokyo's Meiji-Jingu Stadium, watching a baseball game, beer in hand. He was verging on 30, and nearly a decade into running a jazz café with his wife Yoko. A journeyman American batter named Dave Hilton came to the plate for the Yakult Swallows, stroked the first pitch into left field, and safely reached second base. As he watched the batter swing at the ball, "I just felt all of a sudden that I could write," Murakami says, sitting today in his Tokyo...
...efficiently managed, shrewd business can generate revenue. As ballpark operations and the lucrative salaries are staples of the game, the thrill of witnessing a Manny Ramirez homer over the light-towers or a ninth-inning rally must sometimes strike a cool accommodation with the business side that brings the batter to home plate or the pitcher to the mound...
...dashed off a 4-0 win in game one and then pulled out a 4-2 victory in game two, with Madick coming on for the save. Madick moved to 16-4 on the season with a complete-game no-no in the opener. She faced just one batter over the minimum, walking one and striking out seven. Harvard gave her a cushion with a three-run third. Freshman Melissa Schellberg stroked a two-run single to center and Jennifer Francis contributed a sacrifice fly. Senior Susie Winkeller added an RBI single in the fifth. Senior Lauren Brown broke...
...Melissa Schellberg popped to catcher, freshman right fielder Jennifer Francis doubled to center. Next up was senior left fielder Susie Winkeller, who tied the game with a single to left. Freshman pinch hitter Jessica Pledger then singled to right to score Francis and regain the lead from BC. Two batters and one out later, Murphy doubled to left to score Winkeller and freshman pinch runner Stephanie Krysiak. Madick set the Eagles down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh. She also pitched a scoreless sixth and improved to 13-3 on the year. As well as finishing...
...Crimson ran out of its best rally in the fourth inning when junior Matt Kramer committed interference on a no-out, bases-loaded ground ball. Kramer and the batter were both called out, and the runners were prevented from moving up a base...