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That probably won't happen. O'Neill, a lifetime .268 hitter, will glide earthward and be hitting an imposing but not epochal .310 or so in October. But this spring, baseball has been bustin' out all over. Home runs have increased 26% over last year; runs batted in are up 11%. And a cluster of young stars threatens to smash offensive records set when George Burns was still in Little League. Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. is on a pace to hit 65-plus homers. So is Frank Thomas, the Chicago White Sox's baby-faced behemoth. Thomas scored...
SOME GUYS ARE JUST LUCKY. "Sometimes luck can be as important as talent in this game," says O'Neill, referring to a rule that also governs the game of life. "A hitter has to realize that. Last week I was hitting the ball hard, and it was falling in. Last night I hit the ball hard, and they caught it." Wee Willie Keeler's dictum, enunciated nearly a century ago, still applies: Hit 'em where they ain't. And how does a ballplayer do that? With a great deal of skill and a little luck...
...Everyone seems a lot better than they have been the past few years--particularly since I was a freshman," Acoba says. "Princeton, for example has improved tons in just a few years. Their best hitter last year in now their third best hitter...
...addition of six freshmen to the squad also helped to boost its record. Of particular importance was the pay of outside hitter Lisa Grant and middle hitter Heather Rypkema, who, along with server Garcia, could be considered to be among the "stars" of the team...
...votes, the Cubs' Mark Grace got two, and there was one each for the Cubs' Ryne Sandberg, the Reds' Kevin Mitchell and the Padres' Tony Gwynn. Met skipper Dallas Green picked Bonds, saying, "It's pretty much a no-brainer, isn't it? Is there a better hitter in the game? There's not a pitch he can't handle. And he's got discipline and power." Phillie manager Jim Fregosi agreed and paid Bonds probably an even higher compliment, saying, "I'd probably walk...