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...pool - and tripled the stash by the end of the week. While Domenico Fioravanti won the breaststroke double, it was his compatriot Massimiliano Rosolino who will stay in the memory of swimming fans. Following a silver medal in the 400-m freestyle behind Thorpe and bronze behind the freakish duo in the 200-m freestyle, the 22-year-old Neapolitan stormed past American Tom Dolan to take gold in the 200-m individual medley. The crowd roared in rapture. The likable Italian, who lived in Australia as a child, danced, and danced, and danced. "We're writing history...
...cliffs of orange flame. Overhead a massive Sikorsky helicopter dumped water into the smoke, but the time to stand and fight had passed. The man jumped into his truck and raced away, followed by the fire crew, which retreated half a mile downhill just in time to escape a freakish fire tornado 200 ft. high and headed for the town center...
...freakish string of injuries (and they are freakish - what are the odds that both Mike Piazza and Alex Rodriguez would suffer concussions in the last weekend before the game?) seem pretty legit; it doesn't look like anyone's faking it just to get out of playing. Except, now that you mention it, it does seem a little strange that Junior Griffey, who played for the Reds Sunday, can participate in the home run derby today but not play tomorrow... although the Kid has for years been famously reluctant to play in the Midsummer Classic - something about wanting to spend...
...Anyway, that freakish string of injuries means that while you won't see today's stars (the top three home run hitters in the National League are sitting this one out, which means we'll have to once again turn our lonely eyes to Sammy Sosa for all our highlight-film needs), you will see some guys that will be All-Stars for years to come, like Toronto's Tony Bautista and Anaheim's Troy Glaus. You'll also see some veterans who are no doubt as surprised as you are that they're playing in the big game...
...Stanford despite our admittedly exaggerated description of seminars on video games. And the instrument thing, partly owing to some oboe trash talking on my part, wasn't going anywhere. There were nights when I dreamed of switching him with Elian, but that may have been more about my freakish need for media attention...