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...front-runners for the Republican nomination, W. Mitt Romney and John Lakian, are both businessexecutives who have the financial base to competewith the Democrat's gargantuan campaign fund--$2.5million, according to The Boston Globe...
...idea for the new toy is simple: put stick-to-itself Velcro on a sphere that is roughly the size of a tennis ball. Apply the same stuff to two mitt- size disks that have a strap across the back for a handhold. Presto! A craze known variously as Magic Mitts, Scatch, Katch-a-Roo and Super Grip Ball. On streets, playgrounds and at the beach, players have added their own fancy moves, twisting into pretzel shapes to make behind-the-back catches, or getting a grip on the ball while doing a high-kick. Another trick: strapping a mitt...
...from $13 to $20, the three-piece sets are pleasantly affordable, and even a novice can immediately start showing the skills of a big-league outfielder. "It's New Age baseball," says Ashley Petrus, 12, of Columbia, S.C., who liked the sport the first time she picked up a mitt. "You really get into it. The best part is the feeling of pride when you catch." And as her brother Brad, 9, pointed out after he neatly snared Ashley's pitch, "you don't have to be exact. If the ball hits on the mitt's side, it sticks...
Inevitably, fads fade, but while the mitt is still a hit, Mark Paliafito's company is lining up commercial sponsors who will stamp their logos on the Super Grip Ball. He also plans to make disks 7 ft. in diameter for team play. By next year, five new versions are expected to be on the market. And that should be welcome news even for beachgoers who do not play: the muted sounds from Velcro mitts will be displacing the annoying thwock-thwock-thwock of old- style beach paddle-ball games...
...Stadium represents the last remaining link with baseball before it became too self- conscious. No park provides more of the sensual joys of the game itself. On a clear night, fans can hear the crack of the bat, the infield chatter and even the ball hitting the catcher's mitt in the Tiger bullpen down the third- base line. The cantilevered closed-in upper deck gives you the impression of sitting in a cherry picker over the umpire's shoulder; the lower-deck bleachers are so close to the field that you can nurture the illusion that...