Word: ruth
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...letting the pitcher strike out for himself? Didn't they ruin the game when they put in lights and started playing at night? Or when they expanded the major leagues from 16 teams to 26? Or the schedule from 154 games to 162? (Did Roger Maris break Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs by hitting 61--but in eight extra games?) Babe Ruth--bah! Some truly venerable curmudgeons share Ring Lardner's view that they really ruined the game when they introduced the jackrabbit ball during the Babe's heyday to make home runs easier...
...Hall of Shame [March 28]. But perhaps one good thing will come from this scandal: a greater appreciation for home-run king Hank Aaron, a man of decency and dignity and a record holder worthy of a child's adulation. Thirty-one years after breaking Babe Ruth's record for most career homers, Aaron still remains in his shadow. How ironic that it might be Bonds' downfall that finally allows Aaron to emerge. It's about time...
...Ruth Lepson—a poet and teacher who says she views Creeley as her mentor—recalls how he was often asked how his ideas flow so easily onto the paper...
Junior captain Vincent Porter, Johnson, and senior Genny Tulloch skippered the Crimson trifecta with junior Ruth Schlitz and sophomores Kristen Lynch and Emily Simon crewing...
...Ruth Lepson—a poet and teacher who says she views Creeley as her mentor—recalls how he was often asked how his ideas flow so easily onto the paper...