Word: phenoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that," snaps the meanest general manager in baseball history (Lane Smith), "but I like this better." Al is talking about his scouting assignment so deep in the Mexican bush leagues that they play in the rain because it makes sliding easier. There he discovers Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser), a phenom with a fast ball so potent it knocks over the catcher and the umpire. Steve is in dire need of an understanding father figure -- especially after he gets a $55 million contract with the Yanks...
Surprisingly, though, the team managed to compensate. Paced by the leadership of point guard Tarik Campbell (7.2 points per game, 164 assists), the surprising inside play of sophomore forwards Darren Rankin (12.3 ppg) and Mike Gilmore (10.8 ppg), and the solid all-around performance of freshman phenom Kyle Snowden, the team matched and even surpassed the play of the 1992-93 squad...
...addition to Brenner,the squad was acquiring the talents of freshman Gina Majmudar, a former face in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd" due to her impressive high school record, and freshman Maryla Madura, a prep Phenom from the Tennis State, Florida...
Time was when Clemens could stop a three-game losing streak dead in its tracks. Perhaps he still can, but he can't do it alone. A young phenom, Aaron Sele, shows great promise, but he won't be enough. (Don't even think of Paul Quantrill, Danny Darwin or Viola...
...team), but sports movies are about male bonding. Beating the other guy displays primeval survival skills; getting the crap kicked out of you and not whining proves you are a man; talkin' trash makes you cool. Above the Rim, a gamy but conventional film about a high school basketball phenom detoured on his road to Georgetown by Harlem sleaze kings, is all about not letting street sarcasm get you down. A stream of abuse is the musical accompaniment to the choreography of manhood in motion. The high testosterone content may not be all bad. "I do like the boys' rituals...