Word: catcher
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...last summer playing baseball; in the NECBL, at least, he likely would spend the majority of his time on the field.It was the bottom of the first inning of a game in Manchester, Conn. when Andy Parrino, a shortstop for the Silkworms, attempted to steal second. The throw from catcher Kris Watts to Brown, who covered, took a wild skip off the playing surface.It one-hopped directly into Brown’s face—“Smoked me,” he says. He crumpled to the dirt.“So I tried to be a tough...
SPARKLE WITHOUT THE SHINER The Screwpull Cork Catcher ($20) helps you open a bottle of champagne without losing an eye. The plastic device fits snugly over the neck. Just hold down and twist. The cork is contained but not necessarily the bubbles, so you will still need to keep a towel handy...
...After all, with its high-tech Renegade foot, his new one has made him faster and funnier. Why test fate a second time? Because he loves the military, loves guns and loved his job as a scout. "I'm going back to be a trigger puller, not a bullet catcher," he says, reasoning that the odds of being blown up twice are pretty low. His mom, Rhetta Drennan, is worried but resigned, especially since her daughter is in the Army, in South Korea. "He's happier. He's found his direction in life," she says...
...hitting coach Tom Lo Ricco, who brings considerable experience as a head coach in Division III, and Todd Carroll, a new bullpen catcher and pitching coach, join the staff...
...where Lennon was shot and where she still lives, but filmmakers obtained the necessary city permits and started work there last week. "She thinks the whole concept is terrible and offensive," says an Ono spokesman. "The filmmakers are fulfilling an assassin's dream." Leto, shown here clutching copies of Catcher in the Rye and Double Fantasy, as Chapman did the day he shot Lennon in 1980, co-stars with Lindsay Lohan as a Lennon fan. And yes, the teen idol has packed on the poundage, George Clooney-style, to portray the deranged loner. Perhaps he has seen what a little...