Word: batting
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...league. The result of such involvement will likely be a hopeless addiction that takes precedent over all else once that first pitch crosses the plate in early April, an addiction more powerful than caffeine (you’ll be up at 4 A.M. scouring free agents for a power bat to sub into your anemic infield) or narcotics (you’ve gotten high on Dodgers outfielder J.D. Drew’s monstrous home run power and continually draft him despite his penchant for injuries that cripple your team...
...Both stadiums we have played at have also featured horse carousels along the outfield lines, fireworks after the games and music in between innings that is more suited for bat mitzvahs than baseball games (“Cotton Eye Joe,” the “Electric Slide,” and “Shout” are just a few examples...
...stands nervously in front of a lectern, adopting the rote singsong of a 13-year-old giving her Bat Mitzvah speech. She thanks the rabbi and the relatives who came from Florida, Australia and "all the way from Century Village." She praises a Jewish upbringing that on holidays "gave me the opportunity to dress like a doily and sit in the corner in silent anger while the rest of my family discusses in a whisper whether or not I'm a lesbian." Rebecca Drysdale, it so happens, is gay (and does a nifty Dr. Seuss parody about how the butch...
...double play. Unfortunately, Columbia second baseman Kyle Roberts was hurt and left the game. After protestation by Lions coach Brett Boretti, Kramer would have a ball thrown behind him, a ball thrown near his head, and a ball thrown far inside by Daniel Bajger in his next at-bat...Captain shortstop Morgan Brown did not play in either game after pulling his quadriceps on Saturday against Penn. “He’s done it before, but this time he did it real good,” Walsh said. Brown remains day-to-day...If you had any doubts...
...rally got started with one out, when junior second baseman and leadoff hitter Lauren Brown reached first on a walk. In the next at-bat, Kidder ripped an RBI triple into centerfield, scoring Brown...