Word: funs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...baseball with style for two grueling years, and brought home the bacon. But Martin felt the same pressure, to a much higher degree, that all real Yankee fans felt all along. I have been a Yankee fan since 1967, and I must admit that it was more fun to root for them when they were losers than it is now. The bitterness that surrounds everything they do--and the gleeful media reaction and pressure that fed on it and built it up--has made rooting for them an ordeal, even it they did win it all last year and come...
...Series last year--for simple peace of mind. I wish now that Steinbrenner had bought the Cleveland Indians, as he had originally intended. I wish he had stocked, and then screwed up, somebody else's team. Winning under the circumstances the Yankees have had to endure is no fun, as anyone on the team will tell you. And baseball is supposed to be a game, supposed to be fun, even in the pros...
...Billy Martin, it wasn't fun anymore. It was a threat to his ego and to his health. And so he bailed out. Goodbye, Billy, and good luck. You gave it the best you had. But up against the megalomania of your owner, it just wasn't enough...
...hops, are turning higher education into high adventure. This year thousands of Americans are traveling abroad to take part in more than 400 U.S.-sponsored programs. Colleges throughout the country have found that with the scarcity of summer employment, students want to combine some solid learning with their summer fun. Better still, most of the courses offer credits toward degrees...
...farmer makes cutting up fence posts and driving them into the ground sound like fun. Similarly, he stresses the serendipitous surprises that rural life can offer. Cursing himself for overcooking a batch of sap, Perrin discovers that ruined syrup can still be turned into first-rate maple candy...