Word: pitching
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Harvard isn't alone in attempting a new pitch for today's teens...
...Cool Papa" Bell was "so fast he once scored from first on a sacrifice bunt." Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks was "so fond of playing that he liked to say, 'Let's play two."' It may be a game of finesse, but Baseball swings for the fences on every pitch...
Finding land on which to pitch tents for the balseros is no problem -- except to the 3,000 U.S. service members who will lose the company of their families and the use of recreational facilities. Tents, flown in from the U.S. mainland, are being set up on the base's softball and baseball diamonds, a soccer field, even the paltry sand-and-rock golf course; the beach where the soldiers and sailors swim will soon house the headquarters of a military- civilian task force that will oversee the camps. Military spouses and children are being flown out because of electric...
Irish government officials met with vacationing President Clinton on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and made a pitch for upping the aid they get in the wake of an I.R.A.-declared cease-fire that went into effect Wednesday night. Clinton, while he said he wanted to "reach out" to all communities in Northern Ireland, did not promise any specific amount. White House aides said it would be a while before the current $20 million in annual aid could be increased...
Texas Ranger left-hander Kenny Rogers retired 27 straight batters to pitch the 12th perfect game in baseball history. With the help of a spectacular diving catch by outfielder Rusty Greer in the ninth inning, Rogers' 98 pitches and eight strikeouts were enough to put his name in the history books alongside such baseball greats as Cy Young, Sandy Koufax and Catfish Hunter...