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...ring he is a joke, standing there like Buddha, hoping some galoot will walk into his earth-orbiting fist. But Foreman, 42 and gaining, laughs as much as anyone. Along with other grand old fogies, like baseball's Nolan Ryan (who at 44 pitched his seventh no-hitter), Foreman answered the sports fan's need for father figures who can still play with the kids...
...ring he is a joke, standing there like Buddha, hoping some galoot will walk into his earth-orbiting fist. But Foreman, 42 and gaining, laughs as much as anyone. Along with other grand old fogies, like baseball's Nolan Ryan (who at 44 pitched his seventh no-hitter), Foreman answered the sports fan's need for father figures who can still play with the kids...
...after NL playoffs MVP Steve Avery and Alejandro Pena shut down Pittsburgh 1-0, Smoltz won his second game of the series with a six-hitter. In reversing their history, the Braves also stopped the Pirates' series of Game 7 successes: Pitts-burgh had played five previous deciding seventh games, and won them...
...split left Boston exactly where it started the day, 2.5 games behind the Blue Jays. The Red Sox won the opener 2-1 behind Roger Clemens' seven-hitter. Clemens (18-8) struck out 10, raising his major-league leading total to 227 and did not walk a batter and lowered his ERA to 2.38, the best in the majors...
...never seen anything like him in all the years I've been in baseball," Detroit batting coach Vada Pinson said. "He's the best power hitter in a long time...