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Junior Dror Bar-Ziv was among the heroes for the Crimson as he notched a clutch two-pointer to put Harvard in command in the fourth...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Water Polo Squeaks By MIT | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...have hit .276 over his career, but it seemed like .176 in clutch situations. Each time he came up late in the game with men on base, I found myself cringing, hoping he would make only one out and not two, that he would give someone else a shot to win the game. There are now no fewer than six players on the Orioles who I'd rather have up in a key spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thank God, The Streak Is Over | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

Unfortunately for Ripken, the beauty of baseball is that there is no passing of the ball, meaning that each and every player's weaknesses will be systematically exposed over the course of a season or career. Ripken's weakness is an inability to hit in the clutch, and as an Orioles fan, I can't forgive him because he simply broke my heart too many times with a dribbler to third or a weak foul pop down the first base line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thank God, The Streak Is Over | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

...first loyalty is to the team. Ryan Minor, who played in Ripken's place Sunday night, is one of the top prospects in the league, not to mention in the Orioles organization. He may not play every day. But maybe, just maybe, he could get a clutch hit here and there, and maybe, just maybe, the O's could return to the World Series, a place they haven't been since Cal's streak passed 300. --JAL D. MEHTA

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thank God, The Streak Is Over | 9/22/1998 | See Source »

...this because he is so good at letting us. He is clutch, not in a pained, John Wayne sense, but joyfully, shrugging and grinning as he backpedals away from each accomplishment. He makes us believe, against our own experience, that hard work can reward--that even 0.8 sec. means there is hope. And in doing so, he has defined masculinity despite publicly admitting that his favorite performers are Toni Braxton and Anita Baker; this guy could say his favorite movie was Beaches, and he'd still be the alpha male. He has unwittingly followed the plot of a hero, suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: The One And Only | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

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