Word: pitcher
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...they happen to like New York. It happened in Chicago. It happened, gasp, in Boston, where fans sang New York, New York to a team they've despised only since 1919. "Where we've been, we've been seeing an outpouring of the fans," noted Andy Pettitte, the winning pitcher in Game 5 against the Mariners and the A.L.C.S. MVP. "Obviously wanting their team to win--but kind of pulling for us a little...
...early Christmas. While Bush was heaving a floater over for a strike, fans were still lined up outside, impatiently waiting to get through an army of cops and metal detectors and into the ballparks. The South Bronx was never more secure. No so the D-Backs, who threw journeyman pitcher Brian Anderson, who seemed like the red meat the Yankees had been craving. But they could only eke out a 2-1 win, riding the arms of their ace Roger Clemens and their late-inning lock, closer Mariano Rivera...
...what if you’re Joe Torre? Are you content that your starting pitcher has simply given you a chance to win, instead of an actual win? This is Roger Clemens you’ve sent to the hill—not some run-of-the-mill, Game Four-type starter, but actually, according to the pitching setup in the Oakland series, your staff ace. Somehow, I think, you have to be hoping for a little better than five-and-out from your...
...least on the surface, Abbott and Clemens have a lot in common, and on Sunday, they were effectively the same pitcher. Except, of course, for one tiny difference—one of them has been wholly dismissed this season because of all the run support he received, while the other is the odds-on favorite for the Cy Young Award...
...purpose to a T: Get in, get trashed and get out. The looks from the locals ask, “what you doin’ here, Harvard?” And the correct answer is “I’m here for the large pizza and 60oz. pitcher of beer for $9.95 please, oh wait, I found 2 dollars in quarters, make it a pitcher of Sam Adams.” You aren’t going to find better in the Square...