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Baseball is different. While in most sports the actions made are straightforward to call, such as players keeping their feet inbounds or shots going in before the buzzer sounds, every single play in baseball requires an umpire’s personal call: Ball or strike, safe or out. While baseball has a rulebook and a defined strike zone, it is easily the most subjective thing in sports. Any player can tell you that no two strike zones of an umpire are the same. Thus, this problem was one that so far could not be broached by technology; the instant replay...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Strikes Mounting on Umpires | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...consequences of the U.S.'s war on terrorism. The pounding of al-Qaeda and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan since 9/11 has driven them onto the defensive, forcing them to spend more time trying to stay one step ahead of the next Predator strike than plotting attacks on targets halfway around the globe. But the collateral damage from U.S. operations in those countries has enraged Muslims around the world, creating an opportunity for jihadists to use the Internet to inspire angry Muslims in the West to action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fort Hood Highlights a Threat of Homegrown Jihad | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson, the ability to strike early bodes well, as it takes on the league-leading defense in Penn next weekend...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Quick Start Sparks Crimson Victory | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Providing an appropriate finish to the night, Flescher closed out the shutout 25-17 on a strike from the right that ricocheted off a Brown defender...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Edged by Yale, Shuts Out Brown | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard’s offense continued to pressure. With 11 minutes to play in regulation, Grimm played a tremendous through ball to Rogers, who once again managed to find space behind the Columbia backline. Rogers took the pass in stride on the left, and launched a powerful left-footed strike that made ripples in the Lions’ net and in the conference standings...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Late-Game Rally Ends With OT Win | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

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