Word: homers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Justin Nyweide (0-1) matched UCLA junior Rob Henkel (3-1) pitch-for-pitch in the first game's early stages, holding the Bruins scoreless for three innings. In Game Two, Harvard held leads of 2-0 and 4-2 before Rick Lyons capped a Bruin rally with a homer off senior closer Derek Lennon (0-1) in the final frame...
...plain and simple. Can you write well? Creatively? Can you tell me a story in a short time to make me go "Wow, I didn't know that"? Can you find that information that no one else knows? My favorite thing I've ever said on "Sportscenter"...was when Homer Bush, who was playing for the Yankees at the time, hit a home run two years ago. I put together a list of the ten people named Homer to have played in the major leagues and reported that only three of them had ever hit homers...
...become the social centers of campus. These elitist secret societies will never be able to become central to Harvard life. They are exclusive organizations in an inclusive environment. Final clubs throwing house parties are like the Wicked Witch of the West trying to win Miss Congeniality. It's like Homer Simpson trying to lose weight. Or pre-meds trying to pretend they have a life--the shoe simply doesn't fit. And when you try to be something you're not, you usually end up failing, comically...
After a groundout to lead off the bottom of the third, senior shortstop Deborah Abeles nailed a Toms pitch over the left-center wall for a solo homer to give the Crimson a 3-2 lead. Junior catcher Mairead McKendry then reached on an error. Two minutes later, Fu connected again, this time putting the ball just over the fence. The lead was 5-2 and Harvard was never in trouble again...
...Tell It Goodbye" celebration at 3COM (ne Candlestick) Park in San Francisco. The folks who brought sushi to the ballpark spent a year praising the faults of their park. They spoke lovingly of the winds that could turn a pop fly into a home run and a homer into a grounder, the need for wool blankets in the stands, the same sort of all-purpose sins of design that stain ballparks in San Diego, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and beyond...