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...this week (and much of the last one, too) the administration figure hogging the front page of national newspapers was Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The missile-defense scheme he has championed for years took an important step closer to fruition as the White House dispatched its diplomats to pitch the project in the capitals of the world, and the press talked of a unified Space Command like so many excitable adolescents. But the primary reason for the media attention Rumsfeld enjoyed this week was the fact that he is playing maestro in what may be the most comprehensive overhaul ever...
...schedule, not enough people get to go out to the park behind the park behind the stadium and see the Crimson in action. It's not just a matter of seeing a very good team play-although if you never got to see senior hurler Chelsea Thoke pitch, you lost...
...fourth inning, Cornaell plated its final run off of Thoke. After second baseman Drew Martin singled, a wild pitch and a passed ball moved her to third. Junior catcher Annette Sheppard waited for Thoke to serve up a pitch she liked, and drove it up the middle for an RBI single and a 3-1 lead...
...Cornell hitters are constantly looking for the fast pitch," said senior pitcher Chelsea Thoke...
...Tito plan would allow sports teams in small cities to spend more on their rosters. Sure, the Yankees make money despite an obscenely high payroll, but what about the clubs in smaller towns? Why shouldn't the penny-pinching Kansas City Royals, for example, allow Billy Crystal to pitch the first inning for $100,000 or give some multi-millionaire baseball-player-wannabe three at-bats for the same price? They don't win many games anyway; and who knows, the fans might really take to it. I've been at basketball games where the crowd yells loudest when...