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...baseball was still fun. I remember falling off the mound in hysterics after our opponents' bench had collapsed in the middle of my windup. I remember my co-presidency of the two-man Kiko Garcia Fan Club in honor of the Baltimore utility infielder. I remember Ralph James slamming a towering shot far over the head of our leftfielder, a kid named Ron Mitchell. I cracked up as our coach pulled Ron off the field for jogging after the ball. "But Mr. Marshall, he could have run around the bases twice," Ron pleaded...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Nothing Comes Between Me And Calvin | 4/21/1990 | See Source »

Playing its best so far this season the Harvard softball team destroyed a hapless Cornell club squad, 9-3 and 11-1, with a potent offensive attack and strong performances on the mound Saturday at Soldiers Field...

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: Finally! Batswomen Break Out of Slump | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

Decareau's "pretty good" performance made a winner out of Harvard hurler Dorringon, despite his sub-par outing on the mound in a rare relief role. Senior Bob Baxter pitched two innings of shutout ball, but Harvard Coach Alex Nahigian gave him the hook in the third so that he would be rested for Friday's key matchup with Yale...

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: Slugging Batsmen Bust Tufts; Decareau Decks Two Homers | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

...corner lies a new grave, the bare earthen mound not yet pounded flat by rain. A miniature Christmas tree, a few cheap ornaments clinging to its brown branches, adorns the tomb. Two tiny Santas in plastic bags, a mud- spattered price tag still attached, poke up out of the dirt. No plaque marks this resting place, perhaps betraying a neglect born of the longing to forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Houston, Texas So Small, So Sweet, So Soon | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

According to Casey, this provision would have buried many Harvard researchers under a mound of paperwork. Ironically, scientists exploring safer alternatives to the targeted chemicals would have found themselves particularly susceptible to the onerous requirements...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Speaking Softly: | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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