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...people take even the most basic steps to reduce workplace interruption. In the Basex study, 55% of workers surveyed said they open e-mail immediately or shortly after it arrives, no matter how busy they are. "Most people don't even think about turning off the dinger," says Spira, who turned off the alert sound on his e-mail nine years ago with no regrets. "We can't control ourselves when it comes to limiting technological intrusions...
...physique, didn't balloon until he turned 36. A year later, in 2001, he hit 73 homers, breaking the single-season record of 70. Before he began working out with Anderson in 1998, he hit one home run in every 16.1 at bats. Since 2001, he has hit a dinger in every 7.9 at bats. This past season, at age 40, he remained a feared hitter, belting 45 homers. Pitchers and managers got so gun-shy that Bonds walked a record 232 times. He won his seventh Most Valuable Player award last month...
Freshman Jake Bruton came in in the second inning in relief, and ended up taking the loss after giving up two runs over four innings. Both runs came on Steinberg’s second dinger of the game...
Both Bettinelli and the Big Green’s Brittany Copenhaver threw up zeroes for the next four innings until Kelly Fry’s lead-off dinger to left center in the fifth made the score...
Farkes claimed sole possession of the Harvard single-season home run record with his first dinger of the series, which gave him 11 for the season. His final homer of the weekend gave him 22 for his career, also a new Harvard record...