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...people of New Orleans are surely not thinking about wind vortices, the coriolis effect or the dampness of the troposphere as they hunker down during hurricane Katrina this morning. They?re mostly thinking about the savage rains and 140 mph winds that have driven them from their homes. But it?s that meteorological arcana that?s made such a mess of the bayou, and to hear a lot of people tell it, we have only ourselves-and our global-warming ways-to blame...
...Brown—the team’s everyday shortstop and infield anchor—had missed five straight games due to a serious virus before returning to play last Tuesday against Northeastern. The rocket-armed, fleet-footed Salsgiver—who, notably, was clocked by scouts at 90 mph in relief against Dartmouth last weekend—led the team with 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts, hitting...
With a bizarre stiff-armed cricket bowler’s heave—and “utilizing the Tantric principle of body and mind,” as Plimpton reported—Finch became the first man to record a plus-103 mph fastball. He did it on St. Patrick’s Day, 1985 at Mets’ camp outside of Tampa...
...would not agree to catch a 168 mph pitch,” captain catcher Schuyler Mann wrote, adding that it would be “suicidal?...
...threw 168 mph, I would be answering this question from my Bentley...