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DIED. Johnny Sain, 89, right-handed pitcher for the Boston Braves immortalized in a rhyme turned national catchphrase; in Downers Grove, Ill. Sain, the last pitcher to face Babe Ruth, and Braves left-hander Warren Spahn were deemed so crucial to the team's successful campaign for the 1948 National League pennant that a lyric was born: "Spahn and Sain, pray for rain." Sain later became a visionary teacher, stressing the mental side of pitching and inspiring accolades from players like Jim Bouton, who dubbed him "the greatest pitching coach who ever lived...
...subdivisions you will see will be revolting, but if you want to find the worst you need to look for the upper-middle class. To find them and their hideous abodes, look for small oases of respectability, usually with names such as Pheasant Creek or Aspen Grove...
...careful not to get confused by these names. Pheasant Creek will have neither pheasants nor a creek, and Aspen Grove will have no trees at all, at least in the first few years of development...
...Cranley is yet again running for a seat in Ohio’s 1st District. Though Cranley captured only 40 percent in 2000, an Oct. 24-26 Constituent Dynamics poll has him leading at 48 percent with incumbent Steve Chabot trailing at 46 percent. A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Grove Insight Poll also has Cranley in the lead at 49 percent to Chabot’s 40 percent. The 1999 Harvard Law School graduate spent a year and a half as a teaching fellow in Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice,” and Historical Studies...
DARIN KOURAJIAN Locust Grove...