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...four-year varsity starting shortstop is high school, Hochanadel now fills even bigger shoes as Harvard's starting first baseman and number-eight hitter...
Aggressive Hitter...
Desharnais, one of the stronger hitters for game two, got on with a double and was sent home by pinch-hitter Nancy Johnson...
Sure, I have the purist's usual laundry list of complaints. The designated hitter, artificial turf and domed stadiums are all incarnations of Satan himself. World series games telecast late at night exclude the youngest generation, crippling baseball's future popularity. This year, however, a larger crisis looms...
...didn't expect to attend opening night of a revival nearly 39 years later. He surely didn't expect to be 106 and actively supervising revisions to his libretto about a middle-aged man who sells his soul to the devil for one glorious season as a long-ball hitter. But Abbott was more than a ceremonial presence at last week's gala. He was in the audience for previews night after night -- taking notes. Since well before the revival began tryouts in San Diego last autumn, Abbott has debated jokes and period references, wrestled with changing mores between...