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...pitcher made in a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED interview last month. Calling Rocker's comments "reprehensible" and "inexcusable," Selig says he will wait for the results of the tests before deciding how the southpaw reliever should be disciplined. Rocker agreed to start the testing immediately. Evidence that he might be somewhat disturbed surfaced during last fall's National League championship series when the Braves played the New York Mets. The pitcher began feuding first with the New York fans and later with the entire Empire State. Braves president Stan Kasten says he believes Rocker, who saved 37 games during the 1999 season...
...high-energy act was followed by two singer-songwriters (perhaps somewhat incongruously). Beth Hart (of the Beth Hart Band) came on sans the Band, instead opting for a series of solos on the keyboard and guitar. Her strong voice carried her through the songs, but she wallowed in several attempts to preach social messages. After opening with a song dedicated to her sister who recently died of AIDS, she then discussed her recent sobriety. Before singing her latest hit "L.A. Song," she reminded the audience that "whether it's Alabama or L.A., the good life is not out there...
...more appropriate to the progression of the musical. Act I featured an array of disjointed murals on an extended platform staircase. The first scene of Act II, a boisterous rendition of a song called "Generations," replaces these murals with Noah's arc. The maneuvering of this set change was somewhat disjointed, but another day's rehearsal should polish the scene changes. The set in Act II becomes a vital part of the story of Noah and the Flood rather than merely an entrance and exit prop for the cast...
...format of the meet was somewhat different than the usual arrangement of events. The two teams competed the "long format," which means longer events such as the mile, the 400 individual medley, and the 200 strokes (butterfly, backstroke, and breastroke)--instead of 100 meters--are swum...
...Dinneen, who mostly specializes in the 800-meter run, the 3,000-meter event was somewhat of a new experience...