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...players think at the plate," he says. "I just hack. I go up there, I see the ball, I hit it." What he will see from Gooden, if he can see them, are all fast balls, and all strikes. Catcher Carter stopped proposing anything else after Gooden shook off two curves. "If he wants to throw something you don't want him to throw," Manager Johnson has advised Carter, "try it his way for a while. He has a propensity for making the wrong pitch the right pitch." Carter is a catcher with soft hands and a solid vocabulary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nine Strikes and You're Out | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

...surrounding is friendly, and most things go well, the Lakers can be a wonderful team. They tore through the Celtics there during the season, though Carr came off the bench at the end to throw in some 3-pointers that brought a smile to Bird even in defeat. He shook his head. "What a teammate," he said. Bird did not say player. "Boy, what a teammate." What a compliment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sharing of the Green | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

...thriller, "A View to a Kill," they asked the manager of the Sack Cheri to set aside some seats for the film's author and his party. Elvy pretended to be the chauffeur while a friend from M.I.T. pretended to be the author. When they arrived, the manager eagerly shook the alleged author's hand and showed him and his "bodyguards" in to a row of prime seats. The pair attest that the plan came off without a hitch...

Author: By Eunice L. An, | Title: Harvard's Apple Two? | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

...flak-jacketed police officers put their hands over their ears. Then there was an orange flash and a powerful explosion that sent wood, metal and a cloud of dust flying into the air. Said a resident of adjacent Pine Street: "The blast didn't just shake the windows, it shook our entire house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Looks Just Like a War Zone | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

After a sluggish start, dropping races to Princeton, Dartmouth and several Western crews at the San Diego Crew Classic early in the season, the heavies blasted by Yale and Brown in their final two races. These victories shook up the Eastern rankings and moved Radcliffe of three notches from seventh to third...

Author: By Linda A. Flaherty, | Title: Third-Seeded Heavies Set for Eastern Sprints | 5/17/1985 | See Source »

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