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Baseball has never been so vivid as it was in Little League. The tension of watching a tight World Series doesn't come close to catching for Krolick's Department Store with the wild kid who thinks he knows how to throw a curve on the mound. The exhilaration of hitting an infield single and scoring on a three base throwing error far exceeds that of hitting a clean homer in a beery softball game...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Different Perspectives on The Summer Game | 6/20/1982 | See Source »

...status. Boteler continued to fill in wherever and whenever she was needed. When the team convened for pre-season practices in February it was evident that graduations and leaves of absences had depleted the pitching staff. Boteler was among the group who bravely volunteered for duty on the mound...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Co-Captains Marlene Schoofs and Diane Boteler | 6/9/1982 | See Source »

...rapidly growing mound of pig literature includes a racy paperback cartoon book called Pigs in Love (Clarkson N. Potter; $3.95), about Porkov and Daisy, whose amours are described as "an adult love story for pigs and sows everywhere." The author-artist, Revilo (real name: Oliver Christiansen), was originally commissioned to do a cat book but found felines "too aloof." Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Getting High on the Hog | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

With ace pitcher and tourney MVP Tracy Dickerman on the mound for every inning of every contest, the Bruins won all six games that weekend and breezed to a first ever Ivy title Harvard meanwhile finished a disappointing fourth...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Softball Team Splits Final Twinbill | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

...second game, Bruin Coach Phil Pincince sent Lisa Smith to the mound--the first time this season Dickerman did not draw the starting asignment...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Softball Team Splits Final Twinbill | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

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