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...results certainly weren't a surprise, but the margins of victory were. In the American League, Molitor received eight of the 14 votes, the White Sox's Frank Thomas got three, and Blue Jays Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar and Ranger Will Clark got one each. Tiger skipper Sparky Anderson, who chose Molitor, said, "I wouldn't even pause. I want to see him batting cleanup on a team where the first three hitters get on base 700 times. I promise you Molitor would knock in more runs than Frank Thomas or anyone. Molitor knows how to get a base...
...sand, and instead drank in the intoxicating fresh seashore air. We shelled out two bucks to park in the Crane's Beach parking lot, which was a pretty good deal...or so we thought. The guy who took the money appeared to be an actual park ranger, which we took as a good sign that we were really in nature...
...ranger guy, however, soon proved to be a messenger of doom as he handed us a little brochure about Deer Ticks and erosion. "Also," said the Ranger, "We close the parking lot at sundown. And lock the gates." The ante had been upped, but we had more than two bucks riding on this one: SB `94 hung in the balance. "No way, Ranger," we thought to ourselves, "Your negative energy hasn't phased us. Let's hit the Dunes...
...hills in a hurry, and we faced the prospect of spending the night with lyme ticks and the Red Baron if we didn't make the parking lot in time. As dusk settled, we stumbled into the empty parking lot and sprinted to the car. The prophet-of-doom ranger was just locking up as we screeched up to the gate. He approached us and, instead of getting mad or something, he said: "Around the next bend you'll see a deer making its way across the marsh towards the Great House." We had no time to decipher his ominous...
...group still lag the Japanese some 22% by such measurements as defects per new car, they are rapidly closing the gap. Nine of the top 10 quality-ranked vehicles in the J.D. Power survey remain Japanese, but seven of the 10 most improved vehicles are U.S. brands. Ford Ranger pickups, to take just one of many examples, are 32% better than the models they replaced. At GM, Smith has instituted railhead inspections of cars after they leave their assembly plant. These quality checks nearly doubled the start-up times for GM's new products this fall, causing delays in dealer...