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...spectator's spokesman, eloquently mourns the major fallout from the contract and compensation wars." ...(T)he new salaries have vastly increased the distance between the players and the fans." Destroyed was the admittedly silly belief that the guy in the bleachers could be the guy in the bullpen. "The players are [now] businessmen too--businessmen with a vengeance, it seems--and the space between the fan and the player is the same light years span that divides the television star or the famous nightclub singer from his patronized and wholly anonymous audience...
Lefty John Sorich came in from the bullpen and after running the count on Snarsky to 3-1, got him to ground to shortstop. The ball, however, skipped up off the bumpy infield and ricocheted off Tony DiCesare's shoulder and into center field, scoring two more runs, all that Ballerini would need on this...
Navy's staff, on the other hand, has seen plenty of work. Bob Adrion (4-2, 5.58) and Craig Michael (3-2,2.68), the visitors probable starters, are both in mid-season form, and junkballer Craig Gibson has already earned himself a reputation in the Middie bullpen...
...scrappy Huskies converted two singles into the trying in the sixth and then won the game with two more in the seventh. Mike Smerczynski came out of the bullpen for Harvard after Northeastern's Rick Sullivan led off the final inning with a double, but the Crimson reliever failed to put out the fire, allowing three hits and a walk before getting three outs...
Opening day is a lot like having lunch with a friend you haven't seen since seventh grade. You get that uncomfortable feeling of having lost touch (who's that rookie in the bullpen?). But you can't wait to hear how your pal is doing (How is Remy's ankle? Rice is sure looking good...