Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pinball at the corner bar, a mound of scattered papers and boxes that pass for an office, Frank Galvin's life is falling apart and there is nothing to hold together his failing health and law practice but alcohol and eyedrops. That is, until a no-nonsense lawyer friend offers him one last chance--a client with an unbeatable malpractice suit...
...spring he will take a few seeds from the old tree and start them out on a Maryland farm. After three years of growth, they will be transplanted to their permanent homes. None of the cousins will be so special as the one planted in March on the Jefferson mound. It has the classic vase shape of Ulmus americana. Its trunk is already 4-in. in diameter, and its upper branches in a couple of years will brush the lower limbs of the patriarch. It will be ready to stand vigil for another 150 years in the name...
Meanwhile, Brewers' starter Mike Caldwell lasted only three innings on the mound, after surrendering four runs--two on a Baylor triple--and Milwaukee's early 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third frame...
Even pretentious people like pizza, and at Bel Canto 928 Mass Ave.) you can ruin a perfectly good mound of grease and tomato sauce with bean sprouts or broccoli. The pies themselfs are exemplary. Other options are all within a couple hundred yards of the Yard. Harvard Pizza and Pinnochio's for quick service, Uno's for a full meal; deep-dish Chicago-style and Regine's for lukewarm cardboard...
...than nine seasons, Houston Astros Pitcher J.R. Richard was the best righthander in baseball. Then he was felled by a stroke in July 1980. Now 32, Richard, after months of therapy and workouts, is making a comeback. Last week a standing ovation greeted him as he ambled to the mound at tiny City Island Park in Florida to start his first game since the stroke. His team: the Daytona Beach Astros, a Houston Class A farm club. Richard had a rocky beginning, allowing the St. Petersburg Cardinals two earned runs and three hits in the first inning. Then...