Word: ortiz
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...glitziest spot in the game belongs to that much-maligned anomaly of the American League, the Designated Hitter. David Ortiz, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa - the profusion of star power is terrifying news for baseball purists, who for years have griped that the DH rule, which was instituted in 1973 to spark sagging American League offenses, takes much of the strategy out of the national pastime. The usual complaint has been that with the DH, managers didn't have to pick pinch hitters, or pull off slick double switches. For years it was the home of all-or-nothing...
...crop falls into three distinct categories. First, there are the prime-timers - Boston's David "Big Papi" Ortiz and Travis Hafner of the Cleveland Indians, who are both DH-ing at the peak of their careers. "Ortiz and Hafner are two of the best four hitters in baseball right now, by any standard that's valid," says Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro. It's hard to argue with him - Hafner, 29, hit .308 with 42 homers in 2006, and Ortiz, 31, not only led the American League with 54 home runs last season, but is by far the best clutch...
...Latin American workers to stay in their home countries. He underlined the need for harsher sanctions for businesses employing illegal immigrants. Cisneros concluded the evening with examples of the progress Latinos have made in the past decade, citing figures from singer Gloria Estefan to Red Sox hitter David Ortiz as people who represent a “picture of increasing influence in this nation.” Yomaris Nunez, a member of the Latino Caucus at the Kennedy School, applauded the event. “It’s the one and only time each year that Latino issues...
...walked by just now and said that we were killing,” Ortiz said after the show...
...grand procession. Kuumba’s three pieces filled Sanders Theatre with soulful melodies and left a lasting impression. The Harvard Spoken Word Society’s performance voiced what the other pieces of the show could only convey indirectly through dance or music. Lucerito L. Ortiz ’10 and José G. Olivarez ’10 embodied the central theme of “Cultural Rhythms” through their portrayal of critical social issues that have a wide-ranging affect on the entire student body. As 2007 Artist of the Year, Fishburne?...