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...When you see guys coming into spring training camp 30 pounds heavier than they ended the previous season, or they had gained four or fives miles an hour on their fastball, I mean, those things are not normal. My whole career was played in the peak of the steroids era. I saw guys throwing 87 miles an hour one year and 95 the next. Unfortunately, a lot of people, the press, the owners, the players, they turned the other cheek. I was like, 'Are you serious? Can't you see what's going on? Are you seriously going...
...time, looking for cutters, and creating open shots for their top scorers. Princeton’s sharpshooting Berry played target practice from various points behind the arc, hitting four of five three-pointers in the first half. Each of her rainbow set shots appeared to pause momentarily at its peak; she backpedaled triumphantly just as each ball plunged perfectly through the goal, touching nothing but the bottom...
...This is another step in the right direction,” Rogers said. “We have to focus for the entire game and peak right around playoff time...
Although the decision to increase the stipend amount and the number of internships was made long before the global financial crisis hit its peak this year, the rise in the applicant pool likely reflects student demand for stable, paying internships in a difficult job market...
...Mount Fuji—their prevalence trivializes Rudi’s earnest attempt to reconcile his past wrongs with a renewed love for his wife. As generic and exaggerated symbols, their impact wanes by the story’s conclusion.Succumbing to mortality almost as soon as it reaches the peak of its blooming season, the image of the cherry blossom may be effective in grounding certain larger themes in perspective. Regrettably, in reference to the film’s unique take on a subject already revered for generations, the innovation gets lost in translation.—Staff writer Eunice...