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...person who has no doubt that the CDC made the right choice is 10-year-old Ryan. Although plucky enough to play Little League baseball with a pinch runner, he has his down moments. "I hate this polio," he says. "Even if it was for just one day, I wish I could run." That may never happen, but if all goes as expected, fewer children will find themselves in Ryan's shoes...
...speed can affect a baseball game." The winning run came in the bottom of the 11th, when 39-year-old Eddie Murray fought off a high, inside fastball thrown by Braves reliever Alejandro Pena, lining a single into center field. Braves centerfielder Marquis Grissom could not throw out pinch runner Alvaro Espinosa, who scored from second, giving Cleveland the win. Wulf thinks Atlanta may have an advantage in game four as the Braves face right hander Ken Hill. "Many of the Braves have seen Hill when he was in the National League. It was the same with Hershiser and Martinez...
...game two, pinch-hitting Mordecai scaled the Rockies in the ninth-inning of game two with a game-winning...
...pinch may not be all it takes after all. Contrary to popular big leaguer belief, chewing tobacco doesn't really help players relax and thus play better. A new study by the American Dental Association of the 1988 season found that the mean batting average for chewers was .238--ten points lower than that of non-chewers...
...mother, stepfather, father, father's fianca, brother, sister, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, one cousin, four friends and the wife of one of his friends. They spent nearly an hour meeting privately with Clinton. After lunch, during the limousine ride to the Pentagon, O'Grady asked the President to pinch him "to see if this is real." The President declined, but the pinch was eventually delivered by Secretary of Defense William Perry. At the Pentagon O'Grady made some remarks, and Clinton said, "He gave us something more precious than we can ever give him: a reminder about what is very...