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Marc Bulger is currently the St. Louis starter, and Fitzpatrick will be competing with veteran Jamie Martin and second-year player Jeff Smoker for a spot on the roster once training camp begins July 28. If he fails to make one of the two roster slots, he could play on the practice squad...
...much force was required to pull the rope, and won $1,750,000. The real story, the trial lawyers point out, is that a 32-year-old doctor, who had no history of heart trouble, fell victim to a heart attack after futilely yanking the lawn mower's starter cord 15 times. A Philadelphia jury found that the mower's exhaust valve failed to meet the manufacturer's own specifications, hindering start-up to the extent that the rope indeed had to be pulled with excessive force. The jury did award $1,750,000, but the case was subsequently settled...
...that seemed more than probable, Dennis Leonard would already be the most remarkable pitcher of the past twelve years. From 1975 through 1982, only Steve Carlton won more frequently, though only Kansas City appeared to notice. Thrice a 20-game winner for the Royals, Leonard was the most bankable starter in the American League, the most successful righthander in baseball...
Solar radiation does funny things to the brain. It was in summers past that we fell for the Macarena as party starter, Regis Philbin as fashion icon and Howard Dean as Democratic front runner. If you need further proof that the ozone layer is thinning, look to the summer TV season of 2005, in which ABC got 15 million rapt Americans to watch Dancing with the Stars, the most proudly bizarre song-and-dance show since Pink Lady and Jeff...
After two nondescript seasons as a spot starter and bat off the bench—until this season, his greatest collegiate accomplishment was pounding two home runs in a 2004 loss to Northeastern—Herrmann appeared to be set for a career as a useful two-way utility player, and not the indispensable star he became...