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...Pepperdine pitching staff more than matches its counterparts in the batter's box, with a WCC-leading 3.76 ERA. Opponents bat just .256 against the Waves' staff...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Draws Waves | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...years ago for unwisely lusting after the Pharaoh's mistress--and you will unleash a nonstop barrage of special effects. That would be O.K. if The Mummy's computer whizzes had generated something fresh, but it's pretty much shape-shifting and meteorological anomalies as usual. These batter into senselessness the wan efforts, led by Brendan Fraser as the chief tomb robber, to impart a sort of cheeky, Indiana Jonesish air to this hopelessly overwrought and deeply dopey movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Mummy | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

After Harvard notched one run in the top of thefirst on a Carey double and Woodfork RBI single,Koonin, the first batter Vail faced, reached on athrowing error by shortstop Mager. The nexthitter, sophomore designated hitter Andrew Hanson,laced a two-run home run over the right fieldfence, giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Baseball Repeats as Champs | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...Orioles have also sought to asphyxiate the spirit of the game by preventing fans from chanting. The team has announced that "strict guidelines for fan conduct will be enforced, and fans may be asked to leave, even for chanting, if it disturbs other fans." No "hey, batter, batter"? No chants of "U.S.A., U.S.A.?" What's an international baseball game without a little jingoism? (One wonders whether chants impugning the virtue of the umpire's female relatives--in a completely apolitical manner, of course--would fall under the guideline...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Editorial Notebook: Hey, Batter, Batter | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...Orioles have also sought to asphyxiate the spirit of the game by preventing fans from chanting. The team has announced that "strict guide-lines for fan conduct will be enforced, and fans may be asked to leave, even for chanting, if it disturbs other fans." No "hey, batter, batter"? No chants of "U.S.A., U.S.A.?" What's an international baseball game without a little jingoism? (One wonders whether chants impugning the virtue of the umpire's female relatives--in a completely apolitical manner, of course--would fall under the guideline...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Hey, Batter, Batter | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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