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Every batter can expect to hit .300, every pitcher to win 20 games. Of course, springtime hopes die of heat exhaustion in August. The pitcher who has lost his stuff is unlikely to find it, and the lifetime .262 hitter will, in late summer, fight a slump to salvage .250. Last year's losers will probably be this year's as well...
...striking paradox about Giscard's slump is that under his leadership France in 1981 is one of the world's most prosperous nations. The French standard of living has risen more in the past seven years than that of any other country except Japan. Slums are rare. The world's most ambitious nuclear energy program is well under way, making France the only nation in Western Europe capable of reducing significantly its dependence on ever costlier oil. "The country looks good," says a Western diplomat in Paris. "The quality of life is marvelous...
Marshall, who has lately been breaking out of an early-season slump, added two doubles and a single to the Harvard attack...
...players? Even a Chico Walker, who had only one hit in 13 at bats on the night, has some consolation in a game like this. Why, he'll be right up there among the league leaders in at bats. You could have a hot streak, go into a slump and fight your way out of it, all in the same game...
...will be continued when the teams next meet in Pawtucket on June 23. Racking up 212 at bats the two teams struck out a total of 56 times, also an all-time record. Chico Walker, whose one-for-13 day could have been spread over a week-long slump, scored the two-out, ninth inning run that put the game into extra innings. When informed the game would be continued in June, he quipped. "Why wait? Everybody was ready...