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It's hard to learn to play catch. In the beginning, you use your arms to cradle the ball against your chest; then you use both hands, then one. Soon you're shagging flies like Willie Mays and firing bullets across your body like Derek Jeter, not having to think...
Nor is much relief in sight, even if the U.S. unemployment rate rises a bit from its 28-year low of 4.3%. In Austin, Texas, for example, the national rate is quite irrelevant. Unemployment there is officially 2.3%, and Steve Mays, director of a suburban grocery store, says only half...
Sparky Anderson, the former Tigers and Reds manager, was famous for it: "Milt Cuyler will make people forget the name Willie Mays." Needless to say, people are still remembering the `Say Hey' kid.
Is the greatest centerfielder in baseball history Joe DiMaggio or Willie Mays? Who would you put on your at-time team--the quiet grace and smooth swing of Joltin' Joe, or the speed, style and charisma of the Say Hey Kid?
It was also the season of veterans, especially in the batters box. In the March 26 win over Oakland, Mich., senior left fielder Aaron Kessler's six hits (in six at-bats) represented the most by a Harvard player since Eddie Mays logged the same number in 1932.