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...UMPS ARE BIASED. Pitchers carp about an elf-size strike zone and umpires who call close pitches in the batters' favor. "Borderline pitches make the difference," says White Sox starter Alex Fernandez, "and the umps don't give us those calls. They don't make guys swing the bat." Instead, hitters can wait for that fat one. Speaking of which...
Harvard took a quick 3-0 lead in the first, knocking out UMass starter Steve Heaney after only one-third of an inning. The Crimson then scored single runs in the second and third innings, interrupted only by a single UMass run in the bottom of the second...
...yesterday, the baseball gods on high did not have a similar game in mind. The Huskies started the route by exploding for seven runs in the third to break open a scoreless game and knock out Crimson starter Jamie Irving...
...Dave Righetti, 35, is over. He was released by the A's on April 27 after amassing a 16.71 ERA in seven appearances. He had a terrific career, saving 252 games (most ever by a lefthander), winning 79 games and throwing a no-hitter during his days as a starter for the Yankees. Twin pitching coach Dick Such last week recalled a game in 1978 in which Righetti struck out 21 in nine innings for Tulsa, the Double A affiliate of the Rangers, but Texas traded him that year to New York for Sparky Lyle because they thought Righetti...
Porter has been a starter on the team since his arrival, but his lacrosse roots go back much further...