Word: catchers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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After a one-season hiatus, junior pass-catcher Kyle Cremarosa is back. In an offense that will need to overcome double-coverage of Morris, Cremarosa and sophomore Rodney Byrnes may pose even bigger distractions to opposing secondaries than last year’s serviceable tandem of Dan Farley ’02 and Sam Taylor...
...benefit in getting more kids hooked on the game. And as they grow up, they may just want to go see the nearby Mets, especially if former Cyclones stars are playing. "Part of kids' love for this team is love for the Mets," says Jeff Wilpon. Former Yankees catcher Rick Cerone, who owns the unaffiliated Newark Bears, says his team is giving the whole sport a lift. "We're helping the majors," he says. "We're cultivating younger fans to baseball." Who would have thought that players on teams like the Clinton Lumber Kings or the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes would...
...even more awful. Her husband (John C. Reilly) is a house painter with a disastrous sperm count. Mostly he sits around stoned, watching inane TV. No wonder Justine starts making eyes at Holden (Jake Gyllenhaal), the cute new guy at work. He has borrowed his name from The Catcher in the Rye, but his soulful air masks a dangerous obsessiveness...
...wished. Nomo announced his retirement and promptly struck a deal with the Dodgers, and all Japan reacted as if he'd blown a hole in Mount Fuji. The Buffaloes' general manager resigned. Nomo's parents wept and begged him to come home. Nomura's mother and stepfather, legendary catcher Katsuya Nomura, broke off all relations with their...
Since The Catcher in the Rye (or perhaps Beowulf), high school kids have loved to rail against phonies. Rappers and rockers know this and sell themselves to teens by talking about how "real" they are. But recent teen-pop acts like Britney Spears made their fortunes off even younger audiences who craved fantasy figures. Authenticity be damned--stylists picked their sex-bomb outfits, choreographers gave them graceful routines, songwriters wrote their PG-13 come-ons. So it wasn't surprising that last year, when the fans of teen pop hit Holden Caulfield's age, its sales dropped about...