Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part about Kirkland House is the people in it. The first thing that struck me coming into Kirkland sophomore year was the friendly atmosphere that was shared by everyone. The masters and tutors are very approachable, the superintendent is everyone's friend, and the students can't help but catch on. Being one of the smallest houses, it is easy for Kirkland students to get to know almost everyone in the house pretty well...
...from Tampa, a small but fertile baseball city that, like the spring- training teams that invigorate the region every March, seems to specialize in the unlikeliest dreams. "Kids are always chasing rainbows," says Johnny Vander Meer, 71, a local resident, "but baseball is a world where you can catch them." While he had a losing record overall with the Reds, Cubs and Indians, Vander Meer pitched two consecutive no-hitters in 1938. As a craftsman, Gooden puts him in mind of Ewell Blackwell; as a hard thrower, he recalls Van Lingle Mungo. "But no one I ever...
...zone. "Just me and him," Youmans whispers conspiratorially. "We weren't supposed to--the coaches all the way down the line told us not to--but we'd sneak out and practice throwing curve balls. When he was twelve, I knew. By twelve he had command. Almost nobody could catch his fastball either: he broke one guy's hand, another guy's wrist." Without irony, Gooden's playmates took to calling him Doctor. Dan Gooden believes his son's nickname came from an infielder's chatter: "C'mon, Dr. Dwight, operate on him!" Youmans says, "It was just always...
...draft choice of the New York Mets!" He would sign for $85,000. "First I had to call New York to make sure that I was the right Dwight Gooden. Then I couldn't even drive home, I was so excited." Remember, baseball is a world where you can catch rainbows. In the second round, the Mets drafted Floyd Youmans...
...weeks ago at Harvard, someone used a similar story to con a Lowell House tutor out of $75. Using the name Chris Bailey, the con artist lured Andrew M. Sullivan, resident tutor in government and drama, into lending him money for travel to New York in order to catch a flight to his home in London...