Word: greates
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Baseball has now paid its last respects to the past that has made it so great. Day games at Wrigley have now joined the Ghosts of Baseball Past. Ghosts that call each other "Babe" and "Dizzy," carry bats the size of Redwood trees, smother balls in Vaseline, spit and lard, pitch both games of a doubleheader (what's that?) and take the subway for a World Series game against cross-town rivals...
...been pro-choice from the mid-70s," saidRozzi. "While you might think that stance was apopular one in the district, it was actually a lotmore difficult. The district is very diverse.People in Cambridge thought it was a great idea,while people in East Boston thought it was theworst thing he could have done...
...short a reference to Shakespeare. Baseball's funny men loved their game, but, thank God, they knew it was a game and they didn't take it too seriously. Can you imagine Yogi saying, as the No Lights fanatics do, "It's a bastardization of a baseball tradition." The great Yankee catcher, king of the malaprop, would be more likely to wonder how it happened that the sun could still be shining at 9 p.m. in Wrigley...
...Bush's records of support for the pro-life movement are not as strong as the records of Orrin Hatch and Henry Hyde, they are far closer to the right than the records of Dukakis and Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) The real pro-lifers, the great majority of whom vote, will surely not turn to the Democrats...
Geographically, the selection of Thornburgh creates a problem for the Republicans, but not a great one. It may even prove strategic. By selecting a Northeasterner, Bush can go whole hog in pretending to be a Texan which he will need to do to beat Bentsen in the Longhorn State. And with Thornburgh on the ticket, such a move won't mean sacrificing support in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states...