Word: sluggers
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Poor, poor Red Sox fans. We at Dartboard were saddened this week to hear that Mo Vaughn, the Hub's favorite slugger, has decided not to return to the Sox for the 1999 season after spending his entire pro career with the team. Big Mo, who hit 40 homers last season and finished second by a hair in the American League batting race, was offered a none-too-shabby $62.5 million over 5 years to stay in Beantown, but apparently has had it with finishing second to the mighty Yankees...
AILING. DARRYL STRAWBERRY, 36, former high-living New York Mets fence buster turned born-again New York Yankees slugger; with colon cancer...
Watching Mo Vaughn's play saddened me; next year, I believe he will transfer his invaluable talents as a leader, slugger and first baseman to another team, and we will rue his passing as we did Roger Clemens'. So while I celebrated this team's accomplishments, I viewed its future with approbation...
Yesterday we at Dartboard were yanked out of our contented shells by shocking news: Darryl Strawberry has cancer. Strawberry, the 36-year-old New York Yankees' slugger, will this weekend undergo surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his colon...
Sammy's back. The Chicago slugger stroked two home runs in his Milwaukee matinee Wednesday -- at which point the Cubbies promptly blew the game. McGwire, meanwhile, got mastered by the Big Unit and didn't manage a hit against Houston. So it's tied at 65, and folks, with just a few games remaining on each sluggers' schedule, this one's obviously going down to the wire...