Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first organized sport Jackson attempted was baseball, an upset itself in Bessemer (near Birmingham), where he was sired by a steel man and grew up among ten children inspired by a hotel maid. "I played Little League for about two weeks before they decided I was too rough and moved me up to the Pony League. When I was supposed to be in the Pony League, I was playing in a men's semipro league. I never played with friends my own age." In the ninth grade, he took up football just to be a ninth-grader. "Baseball was more...
...Chicks, where hitters right out of the egg can begin striking a gingerly acquaintance with curve balls. After 45 at bats, the most famous rightfielder in all of Double A had four hits (.089). "I've always got off slow in baseball," he says. "That's the only sport I've ever got off slow in." Thereafter, Jackson batted .338, including one home run that measured...
...sport, he believes, is "just competing," reveling in "the sweet gifts of body and mind that thousands wish they had." He has decided that "the Lord is watching every move I make and making extra sure that I'm not misusing my talents." But he could use some help with the curve balls...
Elbaum, who until recently was a pre-med, challenges the stereotype. "I haven't seen all the stereotypical people, very few stab-you-in-the-back pre-meds," he says. "There are pre-meds probably involved in every sport. I don't think anyone is a total geek...
...women's volleyball team, says Stephanie A. Salinas '87, is low-pressured. "Sometimes I wish it were more serious on the volleyball team," she says. "If you really love the sport, it's nice to play with people who are really dedicated...