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Those are the things a man has to put up with when he is one of the best pitchers in baseball and earns $90,000 a year. If Bob Gibson talks tough, though, he pitches even tougher. At 32, he has been around the majors for nine years, winning 20...
Although students are grouped by interest, Senior Advisor Thomas tries to "avoid having one dorm all physics majors or all athletes." This, however, doesn't always work out in practice.
Surfeit of Sophistication. "It began about 1953 in the Little Leagues," says California Angels Shortstop Jim Fregosi. "They started taking all the good athletes and making them pitchers." By the time he is twelve, today's Little Leaguer can cut the corner of the plate with a curve and...
The other side of the coin is that to many fans good pitching means dull baseball. Some may appreciate perfection, but more abhor monotony. Already this season there have been 176 shutouts in the majors-including 44 games with 1-0 scores-and attendance around the big leagues is down...
* Pass-fail. All students, including freshmen, will be allowed to designate one of their four required courses pass-fail. Individual instructors will decide whether students will be allowed to take their particular courses pass-fail. Many Harvard departments, however, have decided not to allow courses taken pass-fail to count...