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Like it is for so many hitters, however, the Cape League has been humbling for Farkes. Though Farkes has shown an aptitude for hitting with wooden bats during off-season practices, according to teammates, he has struggled using wood in the historically pitcher-dominant league this summer, batting only .211 with five doubles and one home run. Farkes leads the last-place Gatemen in runs scored, however, and has been hot of late, raising his average 15 points over the past few games heading into the all-star break this weekend...
...says Zoltán Kásás. "To get to the finals, we can't lose a single game. It will be a big, big fight." Water polo is a demanding, punishing sport that requires the dexterity of a basketball player, the throwing power of a baseball pitcher and the endurance of a long-distance swimmer. The seven men on a team cannot touch the bottom or sides of the pool during a game's four seven-minute periods. Hungarian fans are demanding, too, but whatever happens in Athens they are unlikely to be very punishing. The country...
...relative consistency of the Yankees roster over those years also helped to foster a feeling of intimacy with the team. I could not only recite each player’s batting average, home runs, and RBI’s, but the more esoteric statistics. (For example, if a pitcher walks the first batter in an inning, that batter has a 60 percent chance of reaching home plate...
...Arizona Diamondbacks' RANDY JOHNSON, 40, became the oldest pitcher to hurl a perfect game when he beat Atlanta in May. Over the hill? Hey, the Big Unit owns the hill...
While intraparty tensions ran high among the Dems when the primary was involved, they put aside their differences after hours, when debates finished and television pundits mouthed superficial insight and insubstantial chatter into the night. As Kerry fans and Deaniacs came together to share a pitcher of beer, cameras preserved the memories of fun times on the campaign trail...