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...opener started on a negative note when Harvard starter Julie Fromholz surrendered an unearned run to the Turtles on an error, a wild pitch, a balk and a sacrifice bunt in the first inning...

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: Listless Batswomen Continue Skid, 3-1, 5-1 | 4/13/1990 | See Source »

...pitch that was once reserved for "new federalist" Republicans, Robb called on the Democrats to advocate more power for state and local government...

Author: By Roderick A. Scheer, | Title: Robb Says Democrats Must Rethink Spending | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

Decareau strode to the plate after Jumbos' reliever Eric Zamor had jammed the bases. The first pitch from Zamor exploded like a cannon-ball off of the outfielder's bat, soaring 400 feet before coming to rest in the grass beyond the leftfield fence...

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: Slugging Batsmen Bust Tufts; Decareau Decks Two Homers | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

Phillips began the sixth by grounding a 1-2 pitch through the middle for Detroit's first hit. Trammell doubled, Lou Whitaker hit a sacrifice fly and Moseby hit an RBI single with two outs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clemens Handles Tigers, 5-2 | 4/10/1990 | See Source »

...nine men in the field. Assuming you can even make contact (with a rounded bat no less), a swing only 1/100th of a second too late and the ball sails foul. This, of course, does not even account for the pitcher's guile--changing locations of the pitch or putting a nasty spin on the ball that causes it to dive out of the strike zone at the last second...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: No Genetic Freaks in Baseball | 4/7/1990 | See Source »

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