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...Monday night, in the home regular-season finale for the Boston Red Sox, an unidentified fan ran out of the right-field stands and slid head-first into second base to a resounding cheer from the Fenway faithful--a cheer that is usually reserved for ace pitcher Pedro Martinez...
Hoping to salvage some success with a few final casts, I reared back with my rod and fired with a strong flick of my wrist. Apparently, there was another soft spot in my line. I felt the way a pitcher must feel when someone goes yard on his fastball when my line broke and it and my lure shot approximately 100 yards into deep blue nothingness. "Yes, I believe we're done for the day," I thought to myself...
...Yankee Stadium is no big deal these days; two have been pitched in the past 16 months. But a good baseball movie, that's hard. Kevin Costner was in one of those (Bull Durham). In For Love of the Game he tries for two, as an aging Detroit Tigers pitcher in what may be his final game--a last shot at perfection...
DIED. JIM ("CATFISH") HUNTER, 53, Hall of Fame pitcher; of Lou Gehrig's disease; in Hertford, N.C. During his 15-year career with the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees, Hunter won five World Series, pitched a perfect game, won a Cy Young Award and became the first multimillion-dollar player when he declared free agency in 1974. "He taught us how to win," said his onetime boss George Steinbrenner...
RECOVERING. JIM ("CATFISH") HUNTER, 53, Hall of Fame pitcher for the Oakland A's and New York Yankees and winner of five World Series; from injuries after he hit his head earlier this month; in Greenville, N.C. Hunter was diagnosed with ALS last year...