Word: homerun
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...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...
...Crimson pummeled the UC all afternoon with a relentless offensive surge, powered mainly by sportswriter Derek Kaufman and editoral executive Dave DeBartolo. Kaufman belted a three-run homerun, a two-run homerun and finished the day 3-for-3 with 7 RBI. DeBartolo was equally impressive, also going 3-for-3 with...
...Nickerson has been a thorn in our side for five years," Walsh said of Nickerson, a fifth-year senior and engineering major. "If Nyweide had given up a single, I would have taken him out and gone with Birtwell. Instead, Nickerson hits the homerun, and now it's too late...
...inning without allowing more damage. Harvard failed to score in the bottom half of the seventh inning, extending the contest into extra innings. Neither team threatened in the eighth inning, but in the ninth, senior Joe Llanes hit a shot to left field that looked like a sure homerun off his bat. The wind, blowing hard to the right, severely knocked down the ball, allowing Shirrell to make the catch at the warning track. The home run would have given Harvard the victory...