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Birtwell joined Huling on the MVP slate after going 4-1 with a 1.91 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 33 innings pitched. The sophomore showed that the flashes of brilliance he displayed while going 4-0 in 1998 were no fluke, as he dazzled opposing hitters with a Maddux-like arsenal of pitches, including a nasty two-seam fastball plus much-improved sliders and changeups. Opponents hit just .226 against...
...movies, of course, the rules of mathematics apply less universally than the law of the fluke. Blair Witch was a cunning fluke; Happy, Texas is just the kind of smart, communal comedy (The Opposite of Sex, Happiness, Election, Go) to which the mass film audience has shown serial resistance. Yet here you will find an easy charm, a cleverly unforced sense of humor and a benignity toward all its genially oddball characters that Hollywood would do well to emulate. If moviegoers skip this one, they'll be missing a real treat...
...Raiders +3.5 over Seahawks Are the Seahawks breathing now that they tromped all over the Steelers last week? Slim says fluke. Take the Raiders and the points...
...seen from the sunny side of .500, which is where at least two of our pigskin prognosticators are sitting after a strong refutation of the previous week's paltry performance. The question you've got to ask yourself: Was last week, when we went a combined 21-24, a fluke and the 8-33 of the week before the representative sample? Or was it the other way around? Do you feel lucky? Our suggestion: Follow us to freedom. And remember, it isn't a loss, it's a score adjustment...
...especially want to get a good result against B.U.," said senior Will Hench. "We need to prove that the Creighton game was a bit of a fluke, that we can score on a top defense...