Word: batterer
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...John’s threatened in the ninth, when freshman relief pitcher Taylor Meehan issued two walks and hit a batter to load the bases with two outs. But Meehan got Greg Thomson to harmlessly ground out to first baseman Mike Dukovich to end the game...
Morgalis (1-0)—a weekend starter last season who is still recovering from strained ligaments in his left foot—relieved Haviland in the sixth and threw 1 2/3 innings to earn the win, allowing no hits, walking two, and hitting a batter...
...Waffler: Perhaps most infuriating of all is the man who fills up the coveted waffle-maker with batter, then walks away into some kind of time warp where he absolutely loses track of when to return for his waffle. Come on, man, we all know that those things are on a 2:50 timer! Thus the rest of the people in the dining hall are forced to stand around and deal with the moral conundrum of removing the waffle from the iron or standing there and waiting for the delinquent Waffler to return from his other affairs (probably blocking...
...outselling all other brands of both faux and real sugar. The wrinkle: many folks have long flavored their coffee with artificial sweeteners, but sugar substitutes have proved disappointing in cooking situations, particularly in baked goods. That's because sugar does more than sweeten. It also helps batter rise, providing volume and texture; it caramelizes and thus produces that glorious oven-fresh golden-brown color; and it works as a preservative to keep baked goods fresh longer. In contrast, artificial sweeteners have been a recipe for pale, flat, crumbly treats that quickly go stale--and often go uneaten...
...little was said about its devastating track through Jamaica, Haiti, and the rest of the Caribbean on many network newscasts, it seemed as if Jeanne magically appeared off the U.S. coast to batter Florida. Then, in the aftermath, far too much of the Jeanne coverage has been sensationalist—for several days one of the main stories was about a zoo missing one of its alligators—and far too little of it serious and focused on the true human cost of a storm as powerful as Jeanne...