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...this summer, when my wife changed our 1-year-old and decried her "big poopy," our 2-year-old said from the next room: "Mom, it's Big Papi." Which is when I began trying, for the sake of the children, to embrace the Red Sox, whose clutch-hitting slugger, Big Papi, is impossible to dislike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Married to the Red Sox | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...means a Bartley’s burger named for Manny Ramirez, Boston’s beloved and spacy slugger who, by the way, is batting nearly .500 for the 2007 postseason...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOXY LADY: They’re Coming—to Rock Your Sox Off | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

According to leaked grand jury testimony, Bonds has admitted to using steroids but has denied knowing that they were performance-enhancing drugs. Right. According to Game of Shadows, a Bonds expos, the slugger went on frequent steroid binges. No one has disproved these allegations, and if they are untrue, where's his sense of outrage? Where's his libel suit? "This record is unfortunate because it's pretty badly tainted," says former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent. "[Hank] Aaron is not going to go watch Bonds break it. I think that's the message for the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should You Root for Barry Bonds? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...liked yet criticizes Yankee fans. He can't hit in the post-season. While Bonds is entangled in a federal perjury investigation and Major League Baseball's steroid probe, A-Rod's trials are of the lighter variety. Thank goodness. It will be nice to just smile about a slugger once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should You Root for Barry Bonds? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...draft eligibility, is coming off what he called a “relatively poor” junior season in which he hit .331 but managed only three home runs and a mere 17 RBI. Opposing pitchers were careful with him as the squad’s lone bona fide slugger and he earned a team-leading 20 walks. His 12 extra-base hits and .484 slugging percentage were career lows. That may have led to Wilson, who admitted getting nervous as the draft wore on, lingering on the board longer than expected...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wilson Forgoes Senior Season, Signs With Brewers | 6/12/2007 | See Source »

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