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...fact, he had a streak of participation that would make Cal Ripken proud. From that first night in 1991, Gustafson played in every Crimson contest until the final weekend of the regular season last year, when, after spraining his shoulder, he was benched on the advice of the team medical staff...
...sure enough, Smith's control has been outstanding. He refuses to deliver the ball near the center of the plate, yet Smith had allowed only one walk while striking out nine at week's end. "He's always had great control of the outside corner," says Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken, who has faced Smith in spring training for years...
That isn't the case in baseball, though. Key players are being attacked and sometimes injured, like Boston's Paul Quantrill on Tuesday, or Cal Ripken last season, when his participation in a spat almost brought his season to an end. But you hardly every see a suspension go more than five games...
There are not many people at this school who can address such a large number of people concerning just about any random thought that enters their head. We write columns here about football, hockey, the weather, Kansas, soccer, Minnesota, the Red Sox, sportswriting, Cal Ripken, Jr., Nancy Kerrigan, Boston University and Canadian baseball. Anything goes...
...Royals to a classy close by kissing home plate after his last game. "Lou," as he is known to Kansas City faithful (long story), a resident of Mission Hill, Kans., had a .308 career batting average over 19 seasons, batted a whopping .390 in 1980 (where were you, Cal Ripken?), led the Royals to a World Series Championship in 1985, finished fifth in the state in the 1980 Presidential General Election, was said to have had the best pickup lines in the city before getting married a year ago, and will go down in history as probably the best baseball...