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...please, stop dismissing the DH. Sure, these hitters spent most of their workday on the bench spitting sunflower seeds or chewing tobacco. But what's better: watching Jim Thome bat 500 times a year, or rotund pitcher David Wells trying to sacrifice bunt with the San Diego Padres? And really, is the double switch all that exciting? (New York Mets closer Billy Wagner comes into the game - and will hit sixth in the lineup!) "It's a no-brainer," says Shapiro. So put down your gloves, kids. The DH, thank goodness, is now a genuine...
...month-long preseason, while baseball stretches it out another half month? Basketball is without a doubt a more physically grueling game, so theoretically pro hoops players should need even more time to shape up; if you think I'm wrong, just remember John Kruk and David Wells, two rotund guys who looked like they belong in a bar league but were outstanding baseball players. Basketball teams need time to install, and perfect, complex offenses. What plays must baseball teams put in? Hitting the cut-off man? Rotating the infield on a bunt? Turning the double play? Players have been doing...
...Monday, Monday. Papa John Phillips, 25, an Annapolis dropout, is the group's songsmith, and what his lyrics lack in depth his melodies make up in lilting appeal. Phillips' wife Michelle, a willowy ex-model, is the spiraling soprano; Denny Doherty, 24, sings a secure tenor. Anchor girl is rotund (200 lbs.) Cass Elliot, 23, whose ringing contralto gives the quartet its oomph. Together they build a buoyant vocal blend that floats easily through intricate harmonic shifts, toying with rhythms that are as fresh and bracing as ocean breezes. The quartet is now on a highly successful college tour, stands...
Shefik Mehmet can't take five steps along Green Lanes high street in north London without someone stopping him to chat. Mehmet, a rotund Turk who has lived in this area for over 50 years, is technically retired, now that his son runs the family hair salon. But he's still busy working for the community. As chair of the local traders' association, he calms any frictions between businesses and residents. In his spare time, he works with local police to defuse clashes between ethnic gangs. Plus he's a governor at a nearby college, where he helps promote integration...
Economics 1010a is really Ec 10 with more curves to learn, no reading, and a teacher who might actually know who you are. It was previously taught by Jeffrey Wolcowitz, a rotund policy wonk who makes an effort to help his students and learn their names, even in a 300-person lecture class. Jeffrey A. Miron takes his place this year...