Word: slugfest
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...knew they didn’t really have a No. 4 [starter] and we didn’t have a No. 4, so we knew it was going to be a slugfest,” said senior catcher Brian Lentz, who went 5-for-5 in the game. “No lead’s safe with the metal bats, in truth. On a day like today when we brought our closer in in the fourth inning, you know you’re just going to have to outlast them...
With no proven fourth starter, Harvard quickly found itself in a 7-6, fourth-inning slugfest. So Harvard coach Joe Walsh called for his closer. He provided long relief...
...quivering that Google has caused among old-media players, ink-stained editors have little to worry about. Rather, Google's move is a swift jab in its slugfest with Yahoo! Not long ago the twosome played nice, but now they are fisting it out to be Portal Supreme. For the moment, Yahoo! News unquestionably has the edge. Devotees trust the site for up to the minute headlines, photos, and commentary from a cadre of well-known sources. Yahoo! also has well-trodden daily features such as "most popular photo" and other favorites. Most news junkies won't jilt...
...that's the government given to him by the U.N. in Bonn and he has to work with it." A power struggle between Defense Minister Fahim, an ethnic Tajik from Panshir who assumed command of the Northern Alliance last year, and non-Panshiri ministers has turned government into a slugfest. "The minute (Karzai) leaves the country (Fahim) tries to get his men into new positions," says the adviser. The foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, meantime, has stacked the foreign ministry and Afghanistan's embassies with relatives and friends. "Karzai spends half his time putting out fires instead of rebuilding the country...
...These days Chinese PDA makers are hungrily pursuing customers like Gao, who represent long-term salvation from a price war in the mainland's fledgling but fast-growing PDA market. There are as many as 100 rivals in this slugfest, ranging from market leaders Hi-Tech Wealth, Meijin and Legend Computers, to manufacturers better known for selling refrigerators. Their tactics are predatory. In brutal marketing campaigns with names like Plan A (inspired by a popular Jackie Chan action flick), they have cut prices by a gut-wrenching 40%. "I'm the worst one when it comes to challenging...