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Younger males approached the theater with less trepidation than Boudreau. They unabashedly looked forward to a fresh routine from Clay, the controversial standup comic whose act has been labelled, among other things, sexist, racist and homophobic...
With one out, Penn third baseman Brian Shortell took Biotti deep to center field, ending up with a standup triple. The Yardling worked the next batter, center fielder Tom Charters, to a 2-and-1 count. Shortell then took advantage of the Bird's involved windup and broke for the plate. The fastball arrived down the middle, but it was good only for a strike as Shortell slid in safe for a stolen base and Penn's fourth...
Wiese, who is not on scholarship, participatesin Army ROTC for patriotic reasons. "I view it asa duty to give the same things I have gotten to mykids, and to do that I have to be willing to standup for American interests as defined by thePresident and the American Congress," he says...
...changed my stance a little," he says. "Now I'm more of a standup hitter." By changing his stance and choking up less on the bat. Rivera gave himself more power. Batting fourth will give him more RBIs. As for the 19 SACs. Rivers says. "I think I graduated from that role last year...
...three men and three women who make up the Collaboration are hardly standup comics. Ellen Holbrook, the founder of the group, has modeled the Collaboration on a completely different brand of comedy. They don't work against the audience--they work with it. A native of Chicago and a long-time employee of the Second City Theater there, Holbrook has taken her cue from that city's improve tradition...