Word: piazzas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brady Anderson in center, Alex Rodriguez at short, Frank Thomas at first, Mike Piazza behind the plate, Jay Buhner in right, Ken Caminiti at third, Craig Biggio at second, Barry Bonds in left and Roger Clemens on the mound. Despite the presence of such stars, we lost our first six games--not counting a tie called for darkness. Actually, it was in an effort to lighten things up that the coaches decided to give our Little Leaguers the names of big leaguers with the corresponding positions, if not quite the talents...
...Mike Piazza doesn't deserve to win because his defense is laughable and he failed to keep his team from going into the tank down the stretch...
...Achilles, Dido, Alexander, Scipio), the heroes and heroines out of Renaissance literature (Rinaldo and Armida from Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata), the biblical patriarchs and Madonnas and martyrs, the allegorical figures of Virtue or Envy or the Four Continents, the flocks of putti as dense as pigeons in the piazza. All these had swarmed across every painted surface in Venice for generations before Tiepolo. But he reinvented them in terms of a spiraling, light-filled exuberance that was unparalleled in its time. No cliche or received idea, once Tiepolo was through with it, failed to come out looking newly minted...
...voted onto the team by the fans, have been sidelined by injuries. Roberto Alomar, Frank Thomas and Greg Maddux are also hurt and may miss the game. Despite the injuries, fans will still have plenty of stars to admire, including Barry Bonds, Mo Vaughn, Albert Belle and Mike Piazza. -- Josh Dubow
...Griffey Jr., Mike Piazza and Frank Thomas should be marketed as Larry, Magic and Michael were in the late...