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...Crimson comes into the 1993 campaign with five positions set: Captain Mike Hill in right field, senior Juan Zarate in center field, senior Phil Andriola behind the plate, Morgan at first base and junior Mike Giardi at shortstop...
...batter-catcher game misses most of the point. Tube ball ignores what beguiles the wide-angled human eye at a real ball park: the splendid grass and the huge, contained space; the centerfielder's arrogant slouch as he taunts the batter by playing in too far; the way the shortstop leans forward when he knows the next guy is dangerous; the cocky way (unseen by the camera, because TV slicksters are peddling razor blades) the teams jog on and off the field, each full-grown millionaire taking care not to step on the foul lines, which is bad luck...
Kantor, 53, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where his family ran a furniture store near one of the sites of the Grand Ole Opry. He became a star shortstop on the baseball squad at Vanderbilt, and served four years in the Navy before studying law at Georgetown. While at the Los Angeles law firm of Manatt, Phelps, he helped elect politicians in the city and state and then represented clients -- including Occidental Petroleum and Lockheed -- in their dealings with government. He has usually supported liberal Democrats with strong ties to corporate interests: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, former Vice President...
...briefcase and dry-cleaning into the soggy night like any other commuter. He uses self-deprecating humor, sometimes muttering about his mistakes -- "Kantor muffs another one!" -- as if he were a play-by-play announcer. But Kantor still has the sharp reflexes that served him well as a shortstop, and he's determined that nothing is going to get past him in his new position...
...preseason skirmish, Manon Rheaume, 20, was in goal for the N.H.L.'s Tampa Bay Lightning, and her bosses say she has a chance to make the team. Can her achievement be a harbinger of gender integration? We bet there's a Little League tomboy phenom who could play shortstop for the Yankees someday. (And soon, please!) We also bet Oprah Winfrey could take George Foreman...