Word: sluggers
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...beginning, there was Madonna. At least that's how most see the modern history of Kabbalah--the New Agey revival of traditional Jewish mysticism recently linked in the tabloids to a love triangle involving the Material Girl and married New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez. Yet despite its high-profile Hollywood associations, the Kabbalah tradition--which involves the attempt to more directly understand God through contemplation and arcane textual study--stretches back centuries...
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder is a good example. He has athletic talents very few people have, but the professional slugger has weighed in at more than 200 lb. since age 12. Scouts frequently labeled the teenage Fielder too heavy to have big-league potential. But, like his father Cecil, another generously proportioned major leaguer, he's proved them all wrong. Now 24, Prince plays with about 270 lb. packed on to his 5-ft. 11-in. frame, but he also led the National League with 50 home runs last year and earned a start at first base...
...Freshman Zach Hofeld took the mound in relief and got Berardo out of the fifth inning jam. In the sixth, he gave up a solo homer to slugger Frank Pesanello, but the freshman went otherwise unscathed...
...inning: Big Green left fielder Jason Blydell took a grand slam away from Crimson freshman Dillon O’Neill by grabbing a hard-hit ball from beyond the outfield fence, maintaining the shutout and bringing the many fans who had traveled from Hanover to their feet. Dartmouth lefty slugger Santomauro wasted no time getting the Big Green on the board in the nightcap, showing opposite-field power with a two-run shot to left-center in the first. Dartmouth added single runs in the third, fourth, and fifth innings, running the score to 5-0 before Big Green coach...
True, the Red Sox slugger broke out of a truly embarrassing slump over the weekend, but he did so against the Texas Rangers, the second-worst team in the Major Leagues. And even with that, Ortiz - whose big smile and clutch hitting over the past five years have made him arguably the most popular player in all of baseball - has hit just two home runs in 79 at bats and is batting a meager .177. Fewer than a dozen AL starters have worse numbers...