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...handle hockey, baseball, college basketball, and even football (anybody else out there see the Independence Bowl?) in a pinch, and handle them well. I just wanted to ask him about his famous voice-crack as he called "SAFE!" when Sid Bream gave the Atlanta Braves the National League Pennant earlier this year--in his words, "I about went through the roof on that...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Large Potful of Causeway Images | 2/10/1993 | See Source »

...remember my first encounter with Harvard: I was about five, opening Christmas presents. An overeager aunt of mine bough me a Peanuts sweatshirt. There was Snoopy, dressed in a Harvard sweater, leaning on a football, and holding a pennant. The banner read...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Bleak Seats at the Garden | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

...other first-year Jays, pitcher David Cone and ageless slugger Dave Winfield, brought Toronto a 11-inning 4-3 victory in the finale. And while Atlanta's pennant flew at half-staff, Canada's flag was proudly unfurled right side up. Nice guys finish first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Wow, Canada! | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

BASEBALL NEEDED A LIFT. THE SEASON HAD BEEN ONE long raspy bore, both on the field (with its dearth of thrilling pennant races) and off (with the resignation of contentious commissioner Fay Vincent). But many middling fans think of baseball as the October game. All might be redeemed if the league- championship series could provide an emotional home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Real World Series | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

BASEBALL STORIES IN SEPTEMBER should be about matters that matter. Pennant races! Like, is this the year Montreal and Toronto finally subject us to an all-Canadian World Series? And, will the Cincinnati Reds snap out of their current swoon in time to give the Atlanta Braves a run for Ted Turner's money? Oh, and how come the Oakland A's, riven with disabled players, traded stud slugger Jose Canseco to the Texas Rangers for a guy with chicken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fay Vincent Gets Beaned | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

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