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...They changed pitchers, and we didn’t do a very good job of sitting back and doing what we had been doing [to succeed],” Mann said. “It was slower pitching, and it got tougher for us to be patient and wait—we got anxious, and we were getting ourselves out while they were stringing together these dinky hits for one big inning...
...American coach Milt Nelms. "She's a physical genius in the water," Nelms says. He's seen many of the greats close up, but no one's impressed him more than she has for beauty of movement and speed of learning. Though her freestyle times are about 6% slower than they were in the '70s, she is "without question" a more efficient swimmer, Nelms says, with improvement still...
...slower among you: “What would Xavier...
Others appreciate a slower pace and being there when a child asks a tough question. In McLean, Va., Oakie Russell's son Dylan, 8, recently inquired, out of the blue, "Mom, who is God's father?" Says Russell, 45, who gave up a dream job at PBS: "So, you're standing at the sink with your hands in the dishwater and you're thinking, 'Gee, that's really complicated. But I'm awfully glad I'm the one you're asking...
This year was different, though. According to Lingman, the players put much effort into preparing for the change in weather. They wore long sleeves indoors to simulate the warmer conditions and sometimes employed older, scuffed tennis balls to reproduce the longer, slower points which are more typically played outside...