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Most of the 49,087 people in Yankee Stadium that Thursday night were too busy watching pitcher Roger Clemens get shelled by the Atlanta Braves to notice the man in the box seat near the Yankee dugout. Eating a Lemon Chill, sipping a Deer Park water and looking casual in a white polo shirt, he might have been easy to overlook, except, as usual, at least a few people quickly noticed. There was the television crew that spotted him and flashed his face to New Yorkers watching the game at home. As always, he looked striking on camera. After...
...amazingly, until last week, no one had tried the fake mustache. The ingenious ploy was hatched by New York Mets manager BOBBY VALENTINE after being thrown out of a game for arguing with the plate umpire. Once ejected, players and managers are forbidden to go back into the dugout, but that's exactly where a camera spotted Valentine. Even sporting facial hair, shades and a hat, Valentine was recognized by officials, who later suspended him for two games and fined him $5,000. Valentine will appeal the suspension, claiming he was only near the dugout and meant no disrespect...
...Crowley charged across the diamond to question the call--which killed any chance a Tiger rally even though it was only the first out of the inning. Santilli ejected him. Bradley came out for a second conversation in as many days, but as he was walking back to the dugout, Santilli tossed Tiger first base coach Mark Gola...
...charged across the diamond to question the call--which killed any chance of a Tiger rally even though it was only the first out of the inning. Santilli ejected him. Bradley came out for a second conversation in as many days, but as he was walking back to the dugout, Santilli tossed Tiger first base coach Mark Gola...
Since the delay came during Harvard's half of the sixth, Crimson sophomore righthander John Birtwell, who shut out Princeton in seven innings on April 10, had to wait in the dugout for about an hour before returning to the mound for the top of the seventh. He had allowed two runs through six innings while striking out seven Tigers, but he did not have the same command after the delay...