Word: regular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crying out loud, the very name itself is misleading, if not an oxymoron. It's called "spring training," but by the time the vernal equinox is a reality, the regular season is only days away...
...ironically, it is the onlooker who reaps the most benefits. For it is that unchanging and steadfast aspect of the ritual itself, the fact that spring training does and always will occur in the same way, a laid-back, almost pensive introduction to the epic of regular season that follows, that annually hoists the pastime onto its pedestal. As columnist Art Spander once philosophized, "It remains that time when athlete and spectator both dream, when the dreariness and discomfort of winter at last are slipping away, when baseball once more is the game we knew as kids...
...isolated. I drive my car through Harlem a couple of times a week coming back from the ballpark--and this is at night. Well, I got the 'NY' on the side of my car and the special plates so they're my friends," said the Regular...
...seems Steinbrenner was sitting in his car one day last year when his driver (do all Regular Guys have drivers?) pointed out a story in the newspaper about a young girl who needed an operation, but couldn't afford it. So Steinbrenner gave her $13,000. Just like that. Just a nice...
...varsity wrestling squad finished off its regular season competition Saturday at the IAB in what Coach Johnny Lee called "typically inconsistent" style, losing to Cornell, 33-9, and whipping Mass Maritime...