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Shock, shock--those days are gone. New owner Peter Angelos dumped first beseman Glenn "Stiff" Davis (currently in the Mets' system; 'nuff said) and signed Rafael Palmeiro. They inked Sid Fernandez to replace (insert over-the-hill former NL pitcher's name here) and third baseman Chris Sabo...

Author: By Mike E. Ginsberg, | Title: Baseball is Back | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

Other than that, their repeated attempts to sign a front line pitcher (most recently,) Pete Harnisch of the Houston Astros) fell through. Give Jays GM Pat Gillick time, though. He always seems to have some major trade his sleeve...

Author: By Mike E. Ginsberg, | Title: Baseball is Back | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

...dean said the reverend preaching the sermon illustrated an analogy between the struggle for equality and baseball, naming first base faith, second hope, third charity, pitcher Christ, shortstop love, catcher the holy ghost, batter the devil, and the umpire God. The reverend then said that theumpire would call the devil out, and slavery out,and segregation...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: King Honored at Student Breakfast | 1/19/1994 | See Source »

Gammill hands the ball to the pitcher, a foul-mouthed, hard-sliding former Little Leaguer from Pasadena, Calif., who spits tobacco juice on the president's high heels...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Toward a More Perfect League | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

...having to clean up? Patronize the arts--buy a pair of paper-mache penguins for $505 each, or a 4-foot tall paper mache black panther from Mexico, $1,250 from Baak, 35a Brattle Street. Alternately, from Boston artist Doug Finch, a four-legged industrial polymer resin "Ooloo" pitcher ($750) from Artsmart, in the Shops by Harvard Yard. These are popular items, says the store manager: Victorian advertising heavy paper drums, which can be used as tables, (buy three to seven of them with $1,000), or false hide-inside leather-bound books...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Gifts for One Thousand Dollars | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

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