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...straight World Series crown - look at the last five years, and a Subway Series is just another occasion for the Yankees to dispatch their latest victim while saving on airfare. The recent Mets, meanwhile, have more spirit than stars, more of a habit of late-season collapses than of clutch play, and at best a talent for losing with admirable scrappiness. Until this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York, New York: The Subway Series | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

Julie Shaner has also emerged as a clutch performer, netting the game-winner in a 1-0 win over Brown last Friday. Shaner's timely goal earned her a share of Ivy League Player of the Week honors with Harvard sophomore forward Joey Yenne...

Author: By Jared R. Small, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red-Hot W. Soccer Travels to Princeton, Penn State | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

...were alternating National League pennants in the '40s and '50s, they had actual role players. Everyone in Brooklyn knew Jackie Robinson could play first or second, bunt his way on base and steal home whenever he wanted. Manhattan could always count on Bobby Thomson to come through in the clutch. Willie Mays and Duke Snider roamed the outfields of the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field like a mayor struts around City Hall...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zevi Metal: This Ain't No Subway Series | 10/17/2000 | See Source »

...Lankford or Eric Davis? What a dilemma. And what about clutch-hitting Craig Paquette...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How to Accept the Impending Mets' Defeat | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

Columbia used two clutch offensive performances to humble Lafayette and rebound from last week's heart breaking overtime loss to Princeton...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy League Football Roundup | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

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