Word: home-run
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...Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds is on pace to bludgeon the home-run record this season, but America should not expect an invitation to hop on his bandwagon. Depending on whom you ask, Bonds is either notoriously arrogant or shy bordering on prickly, and his flaws, of which there are a few, are not the sweet, character-building ones that move Billy Crystal to filmmaking. Make no mistake, though, with 39 dingers at press time--the most in baseball history before the All-Star break--Bonds doesn't just have a chance to break Mark McGwire's 1998 record...
...hosted a sports-radio talk show and seemed to enjoy it, and he's setting new records in media courtesy even while openly despising questions about the home-run chase. He has acknowledged the fans who are with him, noting that he'll "never forget" a standing ovation in Atlanta after he hit six home runs in a series against the Braves. A bonding Barry Bonds? Don't bet on it. A new home-run king? Don't bet against...
...baseball was in its heyday. It had produced, arguably, its best squad ever - the proud Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, who were then in the process of winning nine consecutive Japan Championships. The team was powered by Sadaharu Oh, the man who would go on to break Hank Aaron's lifetime home-run record, and its charismatic, clutch-hitting third baseman Shigeo Nagashima. Los Angeles Dodger owner Walter O'Malley was so impressed with Nagashima that he tried to buy his contract, but the Giants' aging founder Matsutaro Shoriki turned the offer down flat. The quality of Japanese baseball, once considered laughably...
...came a day after Harvard's 4-2 loss to Northeastern, a game which ended when Husky outfielder Todd Korchin's leaping, over-the-wall-catch robbed left fielder Javy Lopez of a go-ahead home-run...
...Other past speakers have included home-run king Hank Aaron, musician Quincy Jones, former senator Alan K. Simpson and news anchor Tom Brokaw...