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...batter or two or six later, there is another foul. A Spinner or a Yankee-I will never remember which, nor be inclined to research it-hits a long drive toward the left-field pole that fades over the short fence. I notice that this is where the children's play area is, and I say to Kevin, "They're taking shots at Caroline!" He laughs, as do I. I either say to him as a postscript thought, or think silently to myself, "They should have a net out there...
...arch-Archie is Alf Garnett, a spiteful, bitter dockside worker in "Till Death Us Do Part," the model for "Family." The fathers of Sanford and son are Steptoe and son, on the BBC series of the same name, a pair of cockney rag and bone men who batter themselves and each other relentlessly against a dead end of life. Both Yorkin and Lear adaptations follow the same recipe: take one BBC show, add the milk of human kindness and stir for 30 minutes. "One of our major concerns was not to make Sanford look too grim," says Yorkin. "The Steptoe...
...After he steps in the batter's box at the start of every at bat, the left-handed-hitting Ichiro crouches into a catcher's tuck, loosening his hamstrings. Then he pops up, plants his left foot, drags it parallel to the plate and plants it again. With his right foot resting outside the box, Ichiro wags his black Mizuno bat back and forth below his belt like a putter. He proceeds to whip it around in a counterclockwise loop, stopping as soon as his hands reach his chest. Then Ichiro uses his right hand to hold the bat parallel...
...final appearance in a Harvard uniform will have been a no-hitter. In the series finale against Dartmouth, Crockett struck out a career-best 14 Big Green hitters and faced just one batter over the minimum. His magnificent performance would have been a perfect game if not for an error committed on a fly ball that allowed the Big Green's lone baserunner to reach...
...patients treated with these compounds have seen their tumors shrink or disappear. Clinicians are nonetheless encouraged; while angiogenesis inhibitors don't make cancer go away, they do appear to slow tumor growth. And that means they may work best in conjunction with some of the other new treatments to batter cancer from several directions at once...