Word: homerun
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...late game against Yale yesterday, Harvard took an early lead as tri-captain Sarah Koppel hit her third home run of the weekend to give the Crimson an early 1-0 lead. Junior tri-captain Tiffany Whitton hit her sixth homerun of the season to push the Crimson advantage...
Playing in his hometown of Houston, Hendricks drove a line shot off of the scoreboard, giving the Crimson its only homerun of the weekend...
...Many of my friends have stopped reading about the tragedy, or are trying to keep it at arm's length. I'm still reading everything I can about it. I'm not sure why. I don't find Barry Bonds' quest for the homerun record diverting in the least, and that's not (just) because it?s Barry Bonds. I didn't watch any football over the weekend, and since the good folks here at Time.com aren't forcing me to do my Monday morning sports gig here, but are giving me dispensation to write these occasional updates on life...
...have a history, the San Francisco slugger and me. Years before he began his assault on Mark McGwire?s homerun record, Bonds broke my heart. Back in the early ?90s, he belied his bravado, choked stupendously during key playoff games, and left my beloved Pirates dangling just short of the World Series. Two years in a row I sat watching the hated Atlanta Braves play for the championship, gnashing my teeth and cursing Barry Bonds...
...course, with his attack on the homerun record, Bonds is making it very difficult for those of us who still resent him. Not only is he making headlines, he?s also proving himself a truly gifted hitter, reminding Pirates fans, once again, of what might have been. His greatness is increasingly inescapable - as is my boyfriend?s undisguised glee. Thursday night, Bonds hit his 60th, on pace to meet, or even break McGwire?s record. As Ed watched SportsCenter and I sat nearby reading, Bonds? season in homeruns played across the screen. "Will you look at that," Ed murmured...