Word: pitching
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...much better team with Brian Ralph back," Walsh said. "For one thing, he gives us more balance in the lineup. With an extra lefthander against tough righthanded pitchers, we are going to be a tough team to pitch to. The other thing with Ralph is that our outfield has played really well since he came back. I feel really good about our defense...
...allegedly flowed. The letter followed by a day what a Clinton-connected lawyer called the ?diabolically clever? missive from Holder that put Starr in this box. Now Starr must either deny a conflict, or at least the appearance of one, and conduct the inquiry, or acknowledge a problem and pitch the matter back to the Justice Department, risking an outcry that his impartiality can be questioned on far more than this one piece of his wide-ranging investigation of Clinton. ?He?s hornswoggled,? said a Clintonite...
Umpiring behind the plate is even harder, because your mind begins to play tricks on you. You begin to root for balls and strikes, your strike zone shifts arbitrarily by batter, or even by pitch, and you start to make make-up calls, and then make-up make-up calls. One time I got caught dozing and a kid walloped a ball 250 feet. I looked up to see it tailing rapidly, about 15 feet above the left field foul pole. I suppose some folks would have called it a three-run homer, but I just called it a foul...
...Princeton is definitely one of our biggest rivals," said Duffell, who will pitch against the Tigers tomorrow. "We feel that we owe them something after last year, and we are confident that we'll be able to beat them...
Rounding out the pen are several rookies--and a quarterback. Freshmen John Birtwell, who brings a potent fast-ball and slider, and Graham McKay, who sports a decent curve as his out pitch, could break into the box scores. Sophomore Rich Linden, crossing from Harvard Stadium to O'Donnell Field, abandoned the outfield he played in high school to attempt to crack the staff...