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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Prechter readily admits that he's far from infallible. The standard he says he wants to be held to is similar to that of a hitter in baseball, in which batting .300 makes one a star and .400 an immortal. He has concluded that time is a "quite elastic" variable when it comes to Elliott's waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding the Waves of Irrational Behavior | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...summer of 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Dock Ellis' tossed a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. But according to Ellis, the real feat wasn't silencing the Padres' bats; it was doing so while under the influence of LSD. If you're looking for footage of the fabled game, you're not going to find it - no tape has ever surfaced, and Major League Baseball hasn't rushed to dig through its archives for documentation of the psychedelic affair. But animator James Blagden has created something arguably better: a black-and-white short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dock Ellis Recalls His Trippy No-Hitter | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...Being an athlete is definitely an advantage in some ways,” said Chelsea L. Ono Horn ’10, a right side hitter on Crimson women’s volleyball. “It’s a good bridge for the questions on teamwork and leadership. On the other hand, I’m barely doing school...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: JUSTIN TIME: Athletes Become Recruits Again | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

Today, the hitter, who was blessed with 20/15 vision before the accident, says, "My eyes are starting to sync up and track." To look around, Wilhite must turn his upper body, not his neck. "Will he have a 100% recovery?" asks Bhatia. "No, he will never be back to where he was. It will take his body up to 12 to 18 months to heal and recover." Each one of his injuries - broken ribs, collapsed lungs, broken right shoulder blade (his throwing arm), his neck and brain - "require a lot of energy to heal. It is like having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Adenhart Tragedy, an Angels Miracle | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...outside hitter only tallied two kills throughout the game but provided Harvard with more than stats...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Falls in Ivy Schedule Opener | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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