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...Baylor's grand slam with two out in the eighth inning Thursday broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Boston Red Sox a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals...
With two away in the top of the seventh, Rice singled and rode home on a game-tying homer by recently acquired Don Baylor. Rich Gedman followed with a solo homer, giving Boston its final, brief lead...
...1970s, when a group of Houston youths were taught such modern approaches to the Bible at Baptist Baylor University in Waco, Texas, they returned home and reported the information to Paul Pressler, their former Sunday school teacher. Pressler, a state appeals court judge, who is a cum laude Princeton alumnus and former state legislator, subsequently urged fellow conservatives to work toward electing a series of tough S.B.C. presidents. His notion: the conservative presidents would make appointments that would turn around the schools and the huge S.B.C. publishing house. Criswell's associate pastor, Paige Patterson, became Pressler's partner...
...crimson had a great year, going 29-9 for an impressive .763 winning percentage. Only 11 of the 38 regional invitees had better winning percentages, and only a few noninvitees had better records-Navy (27-5-1, .833) and Baylor (42-11, .792), for example...
Growing up, Bird was not much aware of the N.B.A., either at seven or 17. He never thought to watch Elgin Baylor perform his legerdemain for the Los Angeles Lakers. When Bird joined the Celtics at 22, six years ago, he knew nothing of Boston Coach Bill Fitch, who had toiled in the league for nine seasons. So no sentimental memory inhibits Bird's self-assessment, just a typically restrained presumption that "people probably tend to forget how good players really were. I'm definitely one of the top ones today, but calling anyone the best ever is too harsh...